Game of Thrones Star and UK's Tallest Man Dies at 36

Neil Fingleton, the towering actor who played Mag the Mighty on Game of Thrones, died of heart failure on Saturday, February 25, TMZ reported. He was 36.

 Fingleton was also known as the Guinness World Record holder for the tallest British-born man, standing at 7-foot-7. He was among the 25 tallest men in the world. "I have always been taller than everyone since I can remember," he said in his Guinness profile in 2007. "My height really took off when I reached 11 and was touching 7 foot. By the time I was 16, I was 7-foot-5 and stopped growing at 18 when I was 7-foot-7.56."

Fingleton played basketball in college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He later played professionally in several countries, including Greece, Italy and Spain, before transitioning into an acting career.

 Fingleton appeared in films such as 47 Ronin, Jupiter Ascending, X-Men: First Class and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Gone too soon.

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