The tallest man in America — a 7-foot, 8-inch-plus Ukraine native who lived in Minnesota — has died from heart disease, relatives said. Igor Oleksandrovych Vovkovinskiy, 38, died Friday at the ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, crowned the tallest living man in the US by Guinness World Records in 2010, died Friday at 38, said his mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska. Vovkovinskiy was 7 feet, 8.33 inches tall ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, one of the world's tallest people, died. In this Oct. 18, 2012, P-B file photo, Igor Vovkovinskiy speaks with WCCO reporter Holly Wagner about his custom-made Reebok Shoes ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, the country's tallest person at 7-foot-8, died in Minnesota at the age of 38. His family says he died of heart disease. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP hide caption ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, who stood at 7 feet, 8.33 inches, died in Minnesota on Friday, Aug. 20, the Associated Press via NBC News reported. Igor's mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, confirmed he succumbed ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, died of heart disease on Friday. The 7-foot-8 Ukrainian man was 38. Vovkovinskiy's mother, Svetlana, first posted on Facebook about his ...

CANTON, Mass. — Finding shoes for the nation's tallest man takes more than a trip to the mall; more like a trip across the country. Igor Vovkovinskiy flew to Massachusetts on Thursday from ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy speaks with WCCO reporter Holly Wagner about his custom-made Reebok shoes — size 24 — on Oct. 18, 2012, at the Rochester Athletic Club.

On sunny mornings, you often can find Igor Vovkovinskiy sitting with his legs propped up at a quiet fishing hole near the Fisherman’s Inn on Lake Zumbro, just north of Rochester, Minn. Fishing ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search. Cloudy icon. 66 ...

Igor Vovkovinskiy flew to Massachusetts on Thursday from Minnesota so shoe engineers at Reebok could try to custom build shoes strong enough to support his massive frame. He's 7 feet, 8 and one ...

America’s tallest man has America’s biggest sore feet, but Igor Vovkovinskiy’s toe woes may soon be at an end — Reebok is stepping up to shoe him, with custom-built Size 26 sneaks that ...