World's heaviest man gets married

Reuters

BIG COMMITMENT: Manuel Uribe, the world's heaviest man, has married his fiancee Claudia Solis.

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The world's heaviest man has tied the knot.

Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis in northern Mexico yesterday.

Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Uribe smiled as Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick.

He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance Uribe and Solis held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.

The reception featured a banquet with meat, buttered vegetables and a five-tier wedding cake for dessert. A popular local norteno band played in the background.

Uribe tipped the scales in 2006 at 560 kilograms, earning him the Guinness World Records' title for the world's heaviest man.

He has since shed about 250kg with the help of Solis, whom he met four years ago.

"I have a wife and will form a new family and live a happy life," Uribe said to reporters.

A flatbed truck was brought in to tow his custom-made bed, decorated with a canopy, flowers and gold-trimmed bows, to the wedding at a local event hall. Two police patrol cars escorted him ahead of a long line of traffic.