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Eddie Carmel
Eddie Carmel
עודד הכרמלי
	Jewish Giant, taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, N.Y., 1970, Diane Arbus
Born	Oded Ha-Carmeili; March 16, 1936; Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	August 14, 1972 (aged 36); Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Other names	"The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," "The World's Biggest Cowboy"
Alma mater	City College of New York; Baruch College;
Occupation(s)	Mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, stand-up comedian
Years active	1958–69
Known for	Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 feet (274 cm) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) and 9 ft 0.625 inches (276 cm) tall.

Eddie Carmel (born Oded Ha-Carmeili, Hebrew: עודד הכרמלי; March 16, 1936 – August 14, 1972) was an Israeli-born American entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy."

Carmel was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) and 9 ft 0.625 in (2.76 m) tall, though he may have more realistically been around 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall. He was variously a mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, and stand-up comedian. He was made famous by photographer Diane Arbus' picture Jewish Giant, taken at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y. in 1970, a print of which sold at auction for $421,000 in 2007 ($619,000 in current dollar terms). At the time of his death at age 36, he had shrunk several inches, due to kyphoscoliosis.

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Eddie Carmel
עודד הכרמלי
Jewish Giant, taken at Home with His Parents in the Bronx, N.Y., 1970, Diane Arbus
Born	Oded Ha-Carmeili (1936-03-16)March 16, 1936 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	August 14, 1972(1972-08-14) (aged 36) Montefiore Hospital in The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Other names	"The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," "The World's Biggest Cowboy"
Alma mater	City College of New York Baruch College
Occupation(s)	Mutual funds salesman, carnival sideshow act, film actor, rock and roll band singer, stand-up comedian
Years active	1958–69
Known for	Listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as 9 feet (274 cm) tall, and billed at the heights of 8 ft 9 in (268 cm) and 9 ft 0.625 inches (276 cm) tall.