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= Suparwono = Suparwono, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name, was the tallest man in Indonesia, and the whole of Southeast Asia. Verified by the Indonesian World Records Museum, he was measured to be about 7 ft 11 in (2.42 m) tall, both by standing up and lying down. He was believed to be 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) tall, dwarfing Sultan Kösen's height of 8 ft 2.8 in (2.51 m), but later discovered that he was about 5 inches shorter than Sultan, making Suparwono an exaggerated giant.

Early Life
Suparwono was raised in a village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. When he was about 10 years old, he started to notice his exceptional height, which made him the tallest student in his school. Additionally, he eats 3 kilograms (12 cups) of rice everyday, and eat about 15 eggs. As a teenager, he hoped to be a basketball star. However, after two years of training, he found out that his anatomical structure wasn't strong enough to become an athlete, which stopped him to become a basketball star.

Adulthood & Death
Suparwono lives with his parents, and earns money by doing unusual jobs done around his village. He was promised by Sjachroedin Zainal, the governor of the Indonesian province of Lampung, that he was going to get a real job by making him the ambassador for the province.

He flew to Jakarta to officially get measured by the Indonesian World Records Museum, and get crowned to be the tallest man in the world. Unfortunately, he was eventually discovered to be shorter than his expected height of 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m), as he was measured 7 ft 11 in (2.42 m) tall, which was about 9 inches shorter than his expected height, and 5 inches shorter than the record holder, Sultan Kösen. Even though he wasn't considered to be the tallest man in the world at that time, he felt proud of his height, but also he couldn't live like normal people.

Death
Sadly, he died in 2012, as he was just 26 years old. However, his cause of death was unknown.