Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds, well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds, which was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record. Uribe has also been featured on The World's Heaviest Man, a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome his obesity. By October 26, 2008, Uribe had reduced his weight to 360 kg (790 lb). His efforts to overcome his morbid obesity continue. As of February 2012, he weighed 200 kg (440 lb). The world's heaviest man says he is to marry his girlfriend later this month after losing nearly half his original body weight. Mexican Manuel Uribe said he and Claudia Solis would wed in his home town of Monterrey on 26 October. The 43-year-old entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2006 after tipping the scales at 560kg (88 stones). MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters Life!) - Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight. Manuel Uribe chats with Subscribe to ITN News: bit.ly/1bmWO8hFriends and family have paid their final respects to the world's heaviest man, Manuel Uribe, who died in Mexico o Few months later, He was appointed as a type writer. This type of bad life style made his weight to cross 597 kg (1,320 lb). In the mean time his wife also left him and he was bedridden from 2001. "I used to ask God to please send me a woman who would love me as I am,"-Manuel Uribe and God sent Claudia Solis. Uribe was born in 1965 in Nuevo Leon in Mexico. Manuel reached a peak of 600 kg (1,300 lb) at one moment in his life. Today at viral telecast we thought to shed some light at Manuel Uribe life in our new section "Things you should know about." Let's begin - Guinness World Records registered the Mexican Manuel Uribe as the world's fattest human: he had reached 560 kilos (1,244 pounds) in weight. Uribe, who lives in Monterrey (northern Mexico), has Uribe, whose weight plunged from a world record of 1,230 pounds to 867, would never get out of that bed. He died in one on Monday at the age of 48. The cause of death has not been confirmed, but An individual suffering from a condition known as morbid obesity, Manuel Uribe once weighed an astonishing 564 kilograms (1234 lb). and it was that weight that placed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. He was then able to gradually lose weight and managed to bring his weight down to a still mind boggling 394 kilograms (868 lb). Manuel Uribe worlds heaviest man. ktown10. on 2/17/09 1:15 pm. RNY on 12/16/08. Sunday I watched a show about Manuel Uribe a man that lives in mexico,thats the heaviest man in the world a friend told me that he had died does anyone know about this and when he passed away I thought he was doing so good ,kinda shock me to find out he had died Manuel Uribe is a famous Mordibly obese Mexican man. He was born on June 11, 1965 and his birthplace is Mexico. Manuel is also best known as, At one point the his weight was down to just over 400 pounds. Manuel is originated from Mexico. Although he did not coach Uribe, Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper inspired numerous other overweight Manuel Uribe is a famous Mordibly obese Mexican man. He was born on June 11, 1965 and his birthplace is Mexico. Manuel is also best known as, At one point the his weight was down to just over 400 pounds. Manuel is originated from Mexico. Although he did not coach Uribe, Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper inspired numerous other overweight