{"id":7695,"date":"2025-10-06T21:52:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=7695"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:52:55","slug":"the-16-pound-baby-from-1983-see-him-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/?p=7695","title":{"rendered":"The 16-Pound Baby from 1983: See Him Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1983, Patricia Clarke gave birth to Kevin Robert Clark, a baby who made headlines for his massive size, weighing over 16 pounds at birth. He was not only the largest infant born at Community Memorial Hospital but also potentially the biggest in all of New Jersey at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite his unusual size, Kevin was healthy, and his birth turned him into an instant celebrity. He even appeared on popular TV shows like \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d As Kevin grew, his height continued to make headlines. By age 12, he was already 5\u20197\u2033, and by junior high, he had reached 6\u20195\u2033.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flarumtr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-124227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2840\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin, who always had a great sense of humor about his size, jokingly said, \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 Now, at 40, Kevin stands at an impressive 6\u20199\u2033 and has become accustomed to the attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flarumtr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-124308.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2841\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere isn\u2019t a day that goes by when someone doesn\u2019t ask me how tall I am,\u201d he shared. A former soldier, Kevin now lives with his 6-foot-tall wife and their Great Dane. He has navigated life with his extraordinary height, handling the challenges that come with it. Despite being in the spotlight since birth, Kevin is thriving and continues to make his mark. We wish him all the best as he moves forward with his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1983, Patricia Clarke gave birth to Kevin Robert Clark, a baby who made headlines for his massive size, weighing over 16 pounds at birth. He was&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7696,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7695\/revisions\/7696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodarticles.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}