Undated photograph of the Tomaini's. Al Tomaini (February 25, 1911 - August 30, 1962) claimed a height of 8 feet 4.5 inches, but Guinness World Records stated he was really 7 feet 4 inches. Weighing 356 pounds and wearing size 27 shoes, he spent most of his life as a circus giant. In 1936, while working at the Great Lakes Exposition in Chicago, he met his future wife, Evelyn Jeannie Smith. She was born without legs and was only 2 ft 6 inches tall. After retiring from the circus life, he and Jeanie settled in the circus community of Giant's Camp, Gibsonton, Florida. He was owner and operator of Giant's Fish Camp, a TV repair shop, and a tourist-trailer court on the banks of the Alafia River. His death in 1962 at 50 years of age, came after extensive treatment for a pituitary tumor. They adopted their children.