Death of the world's tallest woman highlights health impacts of extreme height. Aug. 15, 2008— -- Life at 7 feet 7 inches was not easy for Sandy Allen, who passed away on Wednesday at the age ...

Sandy Allen—the world's tallest woman ... but it certainly sounds to me like she was an acromegalic giant. That's the only way it happens--if they had a pituitary tumor. The tumor is making ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Sandy Allen, who grew to be 7 feet ... She wrote a book called “Cast a Giant Shadow.” Allen weighed 6 1/2 pounds when she was born in Chicago on June 18, 1955.

When Sandy Allen was 10 years old, she stood 6 feet, 3 inches tall. That she towered over most adults at such a young age would portend an incredible—if short-lived—struggle to fit in.