Eddie Miller was champion eater

Eddie “Bozo” Miller, an icon of gluttony who claimed to have bested man — and beast — in outrageous displays of eating and drinking, died Jan. 7 at his home in Oakland, Calif. He was 89.

Miller had diabetes and heart trouble.

Miller held many jobs, including as bookie and liquor salesman, but he gained his widest following for championship-level gorging. At his largest he weighed 330 pounds.

In 1963, he downed 27 chickens (2-pound pullets) at Trader Vic’s restaurant in San Francisco, a feat that earned him $10,000 and led to a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the “world’s greatest trencherman,” or heavy eater.

Washington Post