'World's tallest woman' Maria Feliciana dos Santos dies 老年の 77 after 7ft3 former singer and basketball player 発射 to fame as 'Queen of 高さ'

  • Maria Feliciana dos Santos died Friday after 存在 診断するd with 肺炎?
  • The 市長 of her home town 宣言するd three days of 嘆く/悼むing for the 星/主役にする

One of the tallest women in the world, a basketball player who 発射 to fame as the 'Queen of 高さ' in the 60s has died in hospital 老年の 77.

記録,記録的な/記録する-breaking Maria Feliciana dos Santos, from Brazil, grew to the astonishing 高さ of 7ft3.8in in her 早期に twenties.?

親族s of Santos 確認するd her death 夜通し, (人命などを)奪う,主張するing she had passed away at a 私的な hospital in Aracaju, where she had been staying since Monday after 存在 診断するd with 肺炎.

The pensioner, who had been 戦う/戦いing health problems for years, became a 世帯 指名する in her native country after transforming from a normal 10-year-old to becoming Brazil's tallest woman with an incredible period of growth during her late teens.

Born in?Amparo do S?o Francisco, Santos 小旅行するd several cities 成し遂げるing in circuses before winning the 'Queen of 高さ' contest in the 60s.

Maria?Feliciana dos Santos, from Brazil, was regarded as one of the world's tallest woman, standing at an astonishing 7ft3in

Maria?Feliciana dos Santos, from Brazil, was regarded as one of the world's tallest woman, standing at an astonishing 7ft3in

She passed away at a private hospital on Friday, aged 77, her family revealed.?Following her death, the mayor of her home town Aracaju, Edvaldo Nogueira, decreed three days of mourning

She passed away at a 私的な hospital on Friday, 老年の 77, her family 明らかにする/漏らすd.?に引き続いて her death, the 市長 of her home town Aracaju, Edvaldo Nogueira, 法令d three days of 嘆く/悼むing?

A skyscraper in Aracaju, which was the highest in the city when it opened in 1970, became widely known as the?Maria Feliciana building

A 超高層ビル in Aracaju, which was the highest in the city when it opened in 1970, became 広範囲にわたって known as the?Maria Feliciana building

Throughout her long life, her 指名する was also immortalised when the Estado de Sergipe building, a 28-storey 超高層ビル in Aracaju which became the highest in the city when it opened in 1970, became popularly known as the Maria Feliciana building.

In May 2022, the woman was honoured by the Museu de Gente Sergipana with a statue of her at the 入り口 to the 場所/位置.?

For many years Santos is believed to have been considered the world's tallest woman before she started 縮むing in later life.?

に引き続いて her sudden death, the 市長 of Aracaju, Edvaldo Nogueira, 法令d three days of 嘆く/悼むing in the 資本/首都 and paid 尊敬の印 to the former singer.?

'It was with sadness that I received the news of the death of Maria Feliciana from Sergipe. One of the tallest women in the world [..] I remember the first time I saw Maria Feliciana, I was still a child,' he 解任するd.

'Her presence 原因(となる)d a lot of movement. My 弔慰s to family, friends and admirers! May God 慰安 their hearts.'

The 知事 of Sergipe,?F?bio Mitidieri, also 株d his thoughts on the 悲劇の death.??

'I receive with 悔いる the news of the death of Maria Feliciana dos Santos. [..]. Maria Feliciana left a remarkable 遺産/遺物, having her 指名する immortalised in the largest building in our 明言する/公表する,' he said.

'She took the 指名する of Sergipe and our popular culture to Brazil and is 代表するd in the Museu da Gente Sergipana, a space 献身的な to our 身元. My 弔慰s to family and friends in this moment of 苦痛'.

上院議員 La?rcio Oliveira 追加するd: 'More than queen, Maria Feliciana is one of the symbols of Sergipe's perseverance.?

'She made her 高さ a brand that took the 指名する of our 明言する/公表する to Brazil and other countries. A woman who will be 行方不明になるd, but always remembered for her affectionate 愛称, the 指名する of our tallest building and her 業績/成果 on the basketball 法廷,裁判所s'.

A statue of the Brazilian singer and basketball player was erected outside?the Museu de Gente Sergipana

A statue of the Brazilian singer and basketball player was 築くd outside?the Museu de Gente Sergipana

Santos became an attraction in during her teens an d 早期に twenties at shows and circuses, where a singer and 無線で通信する presenter who took her under his wing 成し遂げるd.

She put her travelling on 持つ/拘留する after marrying Assuires Jose dos Santos in 1973 when she was 27.?

Santos then went on to have three children with him, two sons who grew to nearly 7ft and a daughter.

For the past 15 years of her life she was in a 車椅子 and 大部分は house-bound.

Maria Feliciana's funeral is 予定 to take place this afternoon に引き続いて an 夜通し wake.????

Her father Antonio Tintino da Silva grew to the astonishing 高さ of 7ft8.7in and her paternal grandfather was 7ft5.4in tall.

Turkey's Rumeysa Gelgi, the world's tallest woman living 権利 now, has a 高さ of 7ft0.71in.