Patrick Deuel

Patrick Darren Deuel (March 28, 1962, Grand Island – April 29, 2016, Kearney, Nebraska), 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 Channel Four's BodyShock series.^[2][3] In the documentary, Rosalie Bradford gave advice after achieving a record-breaking weight loss of 410 kilograms (900 lb).

After graduating high school, Deuel studied at Hastings College for one semester. After this he went to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He quickly dropped out and began a series of restaurant jobs in Nebraska and Wyoming.^[4]

At one point, Deuel had not left his house (in Valentine) for 7 years. He stood at 170 cm (5 ft 7 in), and weighed 1,072 pounds (486 kg), at his peak. He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home. Then, he was rushed to a hospital at Sioux Falls, South Dakota in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch system. The ambulance had to be dispatched from Denver.^[5] Despite being super morbidly obese, Deuel was also malnourished because many of the calories he had consumed were from junk food.^[6]

Gastric bypass surgery was thought to be his best chance for permanent weight loss. A second operation removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection. After 12 months, Deuel lost 260 kilograms (570 lb).^[7]

Death

In December 2015 Deuel reached his peak weight of over 900 lbs and was hospitalized. He died at his home in Kearney, Nebraska on April 29, 2016, aged 54.^[8]

See also

• List of the heaviest people
• Morbid obesity

References