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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
infection for poorly fitted shoes...
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I thought you were joking, but that's basically what happened...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow#Death
On July 4, 1940, during a professional appearance at the Manistee National Forest Festival, a faulty brace irritated his ankle, causing a blister and subsequent infection. Doctors treated him with a blood transfusion and emergency surgery, but his condition worsened, and on July 15, 1940, he died in his sleep at age 22.