Jack Earle
Film actor
1906 – 1952
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Who was Jack Earle?
Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Due to acromegalic gigantism, Earle was one of the world's tallest humans at the time of his death, standing at 7 ft 7 ¹⁄2 in tall. For 14 years, he traveled with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, then became a salesman. He is referenced in Tom Waits's song "Get Behind The Mule".
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1906
Denver - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Colorado
- Denver
- Died
- Jul 18, 1952
El Paso
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on July 23, 2013
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