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THE ANGEL (BUST OF MAURICE TILLET), Louis A. Linck, 1950. Life-size painted plaster bust depicting Maurice "The French Angel" Tillet, a world wrestling champion in the 1940s whose bones grew disproportionately due to a medical condition called acromegaly. Collection of the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago.

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two men in suits are laughing and making faces with each other while one holds his hand up to the other's face

Maurice Tilet dropped out of law school and turned to pro wrestling. He was billed as "The French Angel" and "The Ugliest Man In the World." In this publicity photo Maurice Tilet & William J Riley (boxer) "Ugly Off." Tilet was 5'8" tall, 246 lbs, with a 47" chest. When Drs. attempted to X-ray his skull, it had to be done in two parts. Some say his physique was the inspiration for Shrek. He spoke 5 languages fluently and was denied entrance into the military as a "distraction."

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