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Death of World's Tallest Woman

Sandy Allen, 53, Stood More than 7-foot-7

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"It's OK to be different," Sandy Allen, the world's tallest women, would tell elementary school children in her final years at school assemblies.
Sandy Allen, World's Tallest Woman

Sandy Allen, the world's tallest woman, died in Shelbyville, Ohio, on Aug. 13.

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