Michael Hebranko

Michael Hebranko (May 14, 1953 – July 25, 2013) was an American man who suffered from an extreme case of morbid obesity and was one of the heaviest men in the world.

Biography Hebranko was born in Brooklyn on May 14, 1953, to Michael Hebranko Sr. and Jeanette Pica. His paternal grandfather was a Ukrainian immigrant.

After a stay at the St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City, he dropped his weight from to and waist size from to in 19 months with the help of the dieting and exercise coach Richard Simmons, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest recorded weight loss in 1990. He lost some of this weight from surgical removal of fat. He then toured the United States lecturing about his experiences and advocating dieting and exercise and appeared in infomercials promoting Richard Simmons. and he had to be repeatedly hospitalized at the Brookhaven Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. In June 1999, Hebranko was at his peak weight of , before again undergoing a massive weight loss and dropping to . In March 2012, he resided in Staten Island, New York, and weighed .

He died on July 25, 2013.