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World's Tallest Woman Dies

Sandy Allen of Indiana dead at 53

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• Aug. 18, 2008: Local residents watch at the casket of Sandy Allen is carried on a horse drawn carriage around the town square in Shelbyville Ind. Allen, the 7-foot-7 woman recognized as the world's tallest female, was remembered by mourners at her funeral Monday for her kindness and generosity.
• Dec. 31, 1996: Sandy Allen, from Indianapolis, Ind., who is registered as the tallest woman in the world by the Guinness World of Records, poses with an unidentified Taiwanese man at a Taipei hotel. Allen was invited by Taiwan's Museum of Guinness Records for a two-month trip to the island.
• April 20, 2007: Edna Parker, 114, left, the oldest living American, enjoys a slice of carrot cake and a visit from Sandy Allen, the world's tallest woman, during Parker's birthday party at the Heritage House Convalescent Center in Shelbyville, Ind.
• July 8, 1999: Guinness Book of World Records World's Tallest Woman Sandy Allen is pushed in her wheelchair by Jon Bjornson at the Pittsburgh International airport in Imperial, Pa. Some 200 people from Tall Clubs International are gathered in the Pittsburgh area for an annual convention including Allen at 7-feet-7 and Bjornson at 6-feet-10.
• Sept. 2, 1995: Sandy Allen poses for a picture with Will Denk, 11, at the library in Shelbyville, Ind. At 7-feet-7, Allen is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest woman. She was at the library to present her program 'I'm Big on Books -- You Can Be Too' to promote literacy. Allen, who now lives in Indianapolis, was born and grew up in Shelbyville.