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returntothepit >> discuss >> Matthew McGrory Dies by whiskey_weed_and_women on Aug 11,2005 1:35am
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toggletoggle post by whiskey_weed_and_women  at Aug 11,2005 1:35am edited Aug 11,2005 1:38am
LOS ANGELES -
Matthew McGrory, the deep-voiced 7-foot-plus actor who moved from appearances on Howard Stern's radio show to a high-profile role as a gentle giant in the movie "Big Fish," has died. He was 32.

McGrory died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, said director Drew Sky, who was working with him on his current movie, a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant. Paramedics determined he died of apparent natural causes, police said.

McGrory, who had size 29 1/2 shoes, appeared on Stern's show in the 1990s and received other attention from the national media even before he became an actor. He attended law school and showed up in music videos before starting his career in Hollywood B-movies.

He played a human Sasquatch in 2001's "Bubble Boy," an alien in "Men In Black II" (2002) and Tiny in the Rob Zombie horror movies "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003) and its sequel released this year, "The Devil's Rejects."

His big break in Hollywood came in 2003 with
Tim Burton-directed "Big Fish."
Ewan McGregor's character refuses to be intimidated by the size of McGrory's Karl character, walking up to shake his hand.

Sky said he first met McGrory at a bar in 2000 and had been filming "Andre: Heart of the Giant" on and off for six months. He said that McGrory, who was from West Chester, Pa., felt a connection with the man he was playing, wrestler and "The Princess Bride" actor Andre Rousimmoff, who died in 1993.

"He felt the same way, that he would do anything just to be a person of regular size one day a week, where people don't have to stare at him, where he could go see a regular movie and walk down the street," Sky said.

McGrory's family and girlfriend declined immediate comment.




toggletoggle post by Dissector   at Aug 11,2005 1:37am
Yeah I jsut read this somewhere else. This really sucks. Total bummer.



toggletoggle post by RichHorror  at Aug 11,2005 1:42am
Holy shit.



toggletoggle post by DEATH2ALL  at Aug 11,2005 4:12am
bigfoot



toggletoggle post by yodaslab at Aug 11,2005 10:12am
RIP big man, how did he die?



toggletoggle post by dan_bloodblister at Aug 11,2005 10:55am
sad



toggletoggle post by dan_bloodblister at Aug 11,2005 11:49am
but seriously, that dude had to be packing like 22 inches. maybe he choked on it in his sleep



toggletoggle post by powerkok   at Aug 11,2005 12:57pm
Noooooo!
not Tiny!!!



toggletoggle post by ~Carina~ at Aug 11,2005 1:03pm
aww that sucks

he died of natural causes considering his situation .. he always knew he'd die young too

sucks



toggletoggle post by dreadkill  at Aug 11,2005 1:27pm
andre the giant knew he'd die young too, so he lived it up. he lived kind of long for a giant. sad to hear about tiny. he was great in big fish. at least he made the most of his short life.



toggletoggle post by ~Carina~ at Aug 11,2005 2:52pm
i actually met andre the giant quite a few times...i was a kid but he was so nice to us all



toggletoggle post by hotflowersnevercool at Nov 9,2006 9:52am
did he actually become one of the worlds tallest
men?



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