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|death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|09|1939|04|20|df=yes}} | |death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|09|1939|04|20|df=yes}} | ||
|death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India | |death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India | ||
|nationality = | |nationality = Indian | ||
|other_names = Monster eater | |other_names = Monster eater | ||
|occupation = Competitive eater | |occupation = Competitive eater | ||
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'''Theetta Rappai''' (20 April 1939 – 9 December 2006) was an | '''Theetta Rappai''' (20 April 1939 – 9 December 2006) was an Indian [[Competitive eating|competitive eater]] who used to eat enormous quantities of food.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5213238.stm |title=South Asia | India's 'monster eater' retires |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-07-25 |accessdate=2015-06-24}}</ref> Rappai used to eat 75 [[idli]]s of rice for breakfast, buckets of [[rice]] and curries for lunch, and 60 [[chapati]]s for dinner. He is known to have eaten 250 idlis and 1 kg of [[pudding]] and [[halwa]] in one sitting. On a different occasion, he is known to have consumed 75 idlis, 2.5 kg [[appam]], and buckets of [[payasam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec102006/national0511620061210.asp |title=Glutton dies hungry for Guinness recognition - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition |publisher=Archive.deccanherald.com |date=2006-12-10 |accessdate=2015-06-24}}</ref> Rappai had won several eating competitions in and outside Kerala. His name had been included in the [[Limca Book of World Records]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20061209/532675.html |title=Glutton Rappai passes away |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=2006-12-09 |accessdate=2015-06-24}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Theetta Rappai died in [[Jubilee Mission Hospital]] in [[Thrissur]] city at 4:30 AM (IST) on 9 December 2006, aged 67. He was a bachelor.<ref name="hindu2006"/> He had retired from eating competitions earlier that year, after he was diagnosed with diabetes and [[hypertension]], thus making his dream of [[Guinness Book of World Records|Guinness Book]] unfulfilled. He was 120 kg when he died and his family had to build a special [[coffin]] for him.<ref>{{cite web|author=IBNLive |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/keralas-eating-champion-is-dead/28069-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211121324/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/keralas-eating-champion-is-dead/28069-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-11 |title=CNN-IBN News: Breaking News India, Latest News, Current Headlines World - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-24}}</ref> He was buried at [[Lourdes Church]] | Theetta Rappai died in [[Jubilee Mission Hospital]] in [[Thrissur]] city at 4:30 AM (IST) on 9 December 2006, aged 67. He was a bachelor.<ref name="hindu2006"/> He had retired from eating competitions earlier that year, after he was diagnosed with diabetes and [[hypertension]], thus making his dream of [[Guinness Book of World Records|Guinness Book]] unfulfilled. He was 120 kg when he died and his family had to build a special [[coffin]] for him.<ref>{{cite web|author=IBNLive |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/keralas-eating-champion-is-dead/28069-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211121324/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/keralas-eating-champion-is-dead/28069-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-11 |title=CNN-IBN News: Breaking News India, Latest News, Current Headlines World - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date= |accessdate=2015-06-24}}</ref> He was buried at [[Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral|Lourdes Church, Thrissur]]. At the time of his death, he was survived by his mother and siblings. | ||
==Film== | ==Film== | ||