{"id":302714,"date":"2017-03-18T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=302714"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:00:23","slug":"thousands-attend-funeral-of-game-of-thrones-giant-neil-fingleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/thousands-attend-funeral-of-game-of-thrones-giant-neil-fingleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands attend funeral of Game of Thrones ‘giant’ Neil Fingleton"},"content":{"rendered":"
The funeral of Game Of Thrones actor and Britain’s tallest man has been attended by hundreds of mourners.<\/p>\n
Neil Fingleton, who was 7ft 7in, died from a heart attack at home last month.<\/p>\n
In a service at Durham Cathedral the 36-year-old was described as someone who “touched the lives” of many.<\/p>\n
Canon Alan Bartlett, from his church in Gilesgate, said he remembered him as “a politely spoken and gracious man who just happened to be a bit taller than most of us”, rather than a global star.<\/p>\n
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Mr Fingleton was a professional basketball player in the United States before becoming an actor.<\/p>\n
He played Mag The Mighty in the popular Game of Thrones TV fantasy series and also worked on X-Men and Dr Who, in which he played the Fisher King monster.<\/p>\n
A friend who met him in America, Phil Giarusso, said: “The value of a person’s life is not in the things you accumulate, but the quality of your relationships, and Neil touched the lives of all of us.”<\/p>\n
Mr Fingleton’s title as Britain’s tallest man was confirmed in 2007.<\/p>\n
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His mother said it could be a “struggle for him at times” but he had “maintained his humility”, Canon Bartlett told mourners at the service.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The funeral of Game Of Thrones actor and Britain’s tallest man has been attended by hundreds of mourners. Neil Fingleton, who was 7ft 7in, died from a heart attack at home last month. In a service at Durham Cathedral the 36-year-old was described as someone who “touched the lives” of many. Canon Alan Bartlett, from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[403,137],"tags":[4454,4455,5212],"yoast_head":"\n