That dream fizzled. But later on, he wore another crown: Tallest Man in America. “They told me I was blessed,” Bell said in ...

The 7-foot, 8-inch former Virginia cop and Harlem Globetrotter known as a “gentle giant” has died at his family home North ...

NORFOLK, Va. ( WAVY) – George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for ...

Dawnié Bell always knew her father was special. When he visited her kindergarten at lunchtime, the playing at recess came to a sudden standstill before her “star struck” classmates then ran ...

George Bell used to joke that he couldn’t hide anywhere, standing 7-foot-8, so tall he could dunk a basketball without jumping. So of course the scouts picked him up, first for small colleges ...

George Bell, a former Norfolk sheriff's deputy who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest man in America at ...

George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in America, has died at age 67. Called a “gentle giant,” Bell, who ...

George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor, and law enforcement officer who was the tallest man in America, has died at the age of 67 due to complications from a stroke.

Bell was a deputy with the Norfolk Sheriff's Office from 2000 to 2014. He stood at a towering 7 feet, 8 inches tall.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in America, has died at age 67. Called a “gentle ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Former Norfolk Sheriff’s Department Deputy and gentle giant George Bell has died at the age of 68. Bell, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, stood at an astounding ...