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Woman Who Couldn't Stop Growing Dies at 34

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Las Vegas woman who suffered a rare disorder that made it impossible for her to stop growing has died. Tanya Angus was 34.

Karen Strutynski said her daughter stood 7 feet 2 inches and weighed about 400 pounds when she died Monday, apparently from a tear in her heart.

Angus was 5 feet 8 as a teenager and had modeled on runways before she was diagnosed with acromegaly, or gigantism, at age 22.

She grew so much over the next decade that her rings had to be modified, she had to use custom utensils, and she got around in a motorized wheelchair.

Strutynski said her daughter was sometimes depressed about the condition but also saw it as a gift from God and an opportunity to help others with the disorder.

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