VIDEO : New HBO Documentary To Shine A Light On Towering Legend Of Andre the Giant

An upcoming HBO documentary shines a light on the towering, legendary sports and media superstar, Andre the Giant, who died at the age of 43 in 1993. Born André René Roussimoff, the late athlete and actor, lived with acromegaly, a disorder in which the pituitary gland produces an excess of growth hormone, and stood 7 feet 4 inches tall and weighed almost 500 pounds.