Audio slide show: An outsized man in every dimension
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From personality to profile, Billi Gordon has never denied his girth, using it to disarm and entertain, creating a theatrical comedy career --in drag-- before pursuing research in neuroscience. But his size makes everything more complicated-even diagnosing his ailments.
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