{"id":7327,"date":"2024-07-20T18:29:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=7327"},"modified":"2024-07-20T18:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T18:29:14","slug":"16-pound-giant-baby-made-headlines-in-1983-but-wait-till-you-see-him-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=7327","title":{"rendered":"16-Pound Giant Baby Made Headlines In 1983, But Wait Till You See Him Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1983, Patricia Clarke gave birth to Kevin Robert Clark, a massive baby weighing over 16 pounds\u2014the largest ever born at Community Memorial Hospital and possibly in all of New Jersey. Despite his size, Kevin was healthy and quickly became a celebrity, appearing on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fskp4-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/451556415_122162296832208611_1712316203257594096_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=xBTq0UZgfDUQ7kNvgHODCbG&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fskp4-1.fna&amp;oh=00_AYCjt9dFO6urg_KlF0SydYpMUXXD2ALuXQel3rH2idmoWg&amp;oe=66A09EDD\" alt=\"May be an image of 1 person and baby\" width=\"289\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin\u2019s height continued to make headlines as he grew, reaching 5\u20197\u2033 by age 12 and 6\u20195\u2033 by junior high. He joked, \u201cI like to joke that I\u2019m 5-foot-21. When people ask if I play basketball, I ask them if they play miniature golf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now 40, Kevin stands at 6\u20199\u2033 and has grown accustomed to the attention. \u201cThere isn\u2019t a day that goes by when someone doesn\u2019t ask me how tall I am,\u201d he said. A former soldier, Kevin now lives with his 6-foot-tall wife and Great Dane. Despite the challenges of being in the spotlight, Kevin is thriving. We wish him all the best as he continues to make his mark on the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This 16-Pound Baby Is All Grown Up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XLaJ1enhdT8?feature=oembed\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1983, Patricia Clarke gave birth to Kevin Robert Clark, a massive baby weighing over 16 pounds\u2014the largest ever born at Community Memorial Hospital and possibly in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7329,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7327\/revisions\/7329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}