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- Born: June 1955FOX News: World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53 (August 13, 2008)
- August 13, 2008: Died at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana
- Has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living woman since mid-1970sFOX News: World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53 (August 13, 2008)
- Height due to pituitary gland tumor that caused release of growth hormonesFOX News: World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53 (August 13, 2008)
- Underwent surgery at 22 to stop growth
- Spoke at church and school groups to say that it's okay to be differentMSNBC: World's tallest woman dies at 53 (August 13, 2008)
- Lived in same nursing home as Edna Parker, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest person since August 2007MSNBC: World's tallest woman dies at 53 (August 13, 2008)
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Sandy Allen, the world's tallest woman at 7'7", died on August 13, 2008, in her hometown of Shelbyville, Indiana. She was 53 years old. No cause of death has been released, but a family friend has said that she had been hospitalized and was sick with a recurring blood infection, diabetes, kidney failure and breathing trouble.FOX News: World's Tallest Woman Dies at Age 53 (August 13, 2008)
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