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* Sulaiman Ali Nashmush; World’s Tallest Man

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Sulaiman Ali Nashmush, 48, believed the world’s tallest man. Libya’s JANA news agency said he was 8 feet, 1 1/2 inches tall, but “The Guinness Book of Records 1990” placed him at 8 feet, 3/8 inches. Gabriel Estavao Monjane of Mozambique, at 8 feet, 3/4 inches, was considered the tallest man until his death in January, 1990. On Tuesday in Libya of a heart attack.

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