Former wrestler weighing 57 stone dies after house rescue Mr Carpenter, who had four grandchildren, suffered with diabetes and had not been out of his house in a cul-de-sac in Dover, Kent, for three years, neighbours said. His daughter, Beverley Spicer, said: "He was a bit of a wheeler dealer, you would have seen him around Dover in his white van and then his pride and joy, his Mercedes car. He would never be seen without his dog Sammy, and after Sammy passed away his next beloved dog Peanut, but in the last 10 years his health and fitness deteriorated which left him more and more housebound. Stewart Underdown, a childhood friend, said Mr Carpenter was friends with top wrestlers Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks and on a tour to India got more press coverage than the Queen, who was visiting at the same time. He said: "He wrestled in front of 100,000 people out there and was called 'Clive of England' in their press. He told me a funny story about when he signed an autograph for a kid but had no idea how to spell 'Car-gantula', so he just did a scrawl, but the kid was happy enough. He was a wonderful man, a gentle giant. Mr Carpenter died on Boxnig Day last year.