One of the fattest men in the world found dead after being held for five years: 44 stone Russian promised to start a soup diet… a day before the heart attack
- Leonid Andreev, 60, from Russia weighed more than three baby elephants
One of the world’s fattest men has been found dead in his home, just days after vowing to lose weight.
Leonid Andreev, 60, weighed more than three baby elephants and had been trapped in his own home for five years.
The 44-stone man was found at home in the village of Armizonskoe, Russia, just a day after he told local media how he was planning a new life by losing weight and moving apartments.
But on November 17, he was found dead in his home after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
He said he planned to start a new diet with just a cup of light soup for lunch.
Leonid Andreev, 60, (pictured) weighed more than three baby elephants and lived a secluded life
The 60-year-old was married and divorced twice and had no children. He relied on neighbors to clean his house
Andreev also shocked reporters, revealing he was an athlete and weighed just 11 stone
It came after a doctor warned him he needed to lose at least seven stone to return to normal life.
Andreev said: “I tried to lose at least a little weight – I ate less and did not enjoy flour products.”
The 60-year-old was married and divorced twice and had no children.
He also shocked reporters by revealing he was an athlete and weighed just 11 stone.
Tragically, only ten years ago Andreev was a hunter who ran his own farm and participated in the harvesting of the crops.
Andreev said his weight problems started when he left a career in the army and in just three months his weight almost doubled to 16 stone and never stopped rising.
His weight gain was caused by a metabolic disorder and five years ago he was so big that he had to stop working.
Andreev said his weight problems started when he left a career in the army and in just three months his weight almost doubled to 16 stone and never stopped rising
He then started his secluded life on the couch where he lived and slept on his couch watching TV all day while his neighbors helped clean and take care of his house.
At one point, Andreev’s blood pressure rose so high that he called an ambulance.
However, after getting his symptoms under control, paramedics refused further help due to his weight.
He said, “In the morning I get up, cook dinner, eat something, watch TV. I tried to move here, move there.
“I used to have porridge – the toughest, well, and buns, potatoes, bread. That’s probably how I got fat.’
Even though Andreev was extremely heavy, there have been fatter people in history.
Jo Brower Minnoch is the fattest man who ever lived, weighing 100 stone.