A football fan once dubbed Britain's fattest man who weighed 65 stone has died. Poignant tributes have been paid to Barry Austin who died yesterday, aged 52.
Barry gained notoriety for his excessive eating and once took part in a Sky One documentary 'Inside Britain's Fattest Man' presented by Richard Hammond.
He also took part in ITV comedy-drama 'The Fattest Man in Britain' starring Timothy Spall and Bobby Ball. Barry who used to drink up to 40 pints of beer and bottles of spirits on a night out and known as 'Fat Baz' also had his own column in a lad's mag and would often be seen on BBC news commenting on current affairs.
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