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Andr Ren Roussimoff , known as Andr the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. He most famously feuded with Hulk Hogan, culminating at WrestleMania III, and his bestremembered film role was that of Fezzik, the giant in The Princess Bride. His size was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone, which later resulted in acromegaly. It also led to him being called The Eighth Wonder of the World. In 2014, he was described as the ninth tallest professional wrestler in history.

Andr Roussimoff was born in Coulomnier, France to Boris and Mariann Roussimoff, a couple of Bulgarian and Polish ancestry. His nickname growing up was Dd. As a child, he displayed symptoms of his gigantism very early, reaching a height of 191160cm and a weight of 110160kg by the age of 12. Playwright Samuel Beckett, a neighbor who later won the Nobel Prize for Literature, bought some land in 1953 near a hamlet around 60160km northeast of Paris. He built a cottage for himself with the help of Andrs father Boris Rousimoff. When Beckett found out that Rousimoff was having trouble getting his son to school, Beckett offered to drive Andr to school in his truck, as he did not fit on the bus. When Andr recounted the drives with Beckett, he revealed that they rarely talked about anything other than cricket.

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