Patrick Darren Deuel (March 28, 1962 – April 29, 2016) was an American individual known for being one of the heaviest people in the world. He was the subject of the documentary "Half Ton Man" in

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's '' BodyShock'' series. In the documentary, Rosalie Bradford gave advice after achieving a record-breaking weight loss of .

Early life

Patrick Deuel was born on March 28, 1962, in

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the child of James W. Deuel and Betty Jean Otte. Deuel was a

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and in 1976 received the

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with three Eagle palms. He graduated in 1980 from Grand Island High School, having previously attended Trinity Lutheran School and Walnut Junior High. After graduating high school, Deuel studied at

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for one semester. After this, he went to the

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. He became a restaurant manager.

Obesity

At one point, Deuel had not left his house (in Valentine) for five years. He stood at 180.34 cm (5 ft 11 in), and weighed , at his peak. He was so large that half the house had to be cut out to extract him from his home. He was rushed to a hospital at

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in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch system that had to be dispatched from

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. Despite being morbidly obese, Deuel was also

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because many of the calories he had consumed were from

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.Bootie Cosgrove-Mather (January 21, 2005)
Half-Ton Man Drops 500 Lbs

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. However, assisted by a

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which followed his hospitalization, Deuel proceeded to lose more than .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deuel, Patrick 1962 births 2016 deaths People from Grand Island, Nebraska People from Kearney, Nebraska People from Valentine, Nebraska

Early life

Obesity

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