Maria Feliciana dos Santos dead – ‘world’s tallest woman’ dies aged 77 after 7ft3 basketball player became global star [Video]

ONE of the world’s tallest women has died in hospital aged 77 after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

Maria Feliciana dos Santos grew to the astonishing height of 7 feet 3.8 inches in her early twenties – snatching the world record, before shrinking as she got older.

For many years, Maria held the the title of the world’s tallest woman.

The world’s tallest woman living right now, Turkey’s Rumeysa Gelgi, measures 7 feet 0.71 inches – still inches off Maria’s height record.

Relatives a the former singer and basketball player confirmed overnight she had died yesterday at a private hospital in Aracaju, the capital of Sergipe state on Brazil’s northeast coast.

The pensioner, who had been battling health problems for years, became a household name in her native country after an incredible period of growth during her late teens.

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