KABUL: (MEP) The world’s fattest man has died after suffering a heart attack on Christmas Day at the age of 38, two months after bariatric surgery to lose weight in Mexico.
Andreas Moreno – who once weighed 980lbs (70 stone) – was taken to hospital near his home in Ciudad Obregón in Sonora, Mexico, where he later died.
“He was doing well, but he had had two previous heart attacks. He became short of breath, and died in the ambulance,” said Carmen Palacios, who had been helping him during his rehabilitation process over the past year.
The ex-police officer had been bedridden for several years due to his weight, battling numerous illnesses.
“I start a journey that must carry me to a new phase of life, a new chapter and I hope to a new book altogether, different and far from the prison that my own body has become,” Moreno was quoted as saying by Fox News before the surgery.
Moreno Sepulveda had slimmed down to 320kg before undergoing gastric bypass surgery to reduce his stomach.
His doctor said following the procedure that they hoped to get him down to about 85kg eventually.
Just a month ago, Real Madrid football sensation Cristiano Ronaldo sent Moreno Sepulveda a signed shirt to encourage him to embrace a healthy lifestyle.
At the time, a stoked Moreno Sepulveda said, “I want to thank everyone, especially Ronaldo, for taking interest in my case. Sometimes you think that people live in another world way from the people, but that is not the case. I feel as if I had gotten a Christmas gift before Christmas,” Metro reported.
