MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48. 
 
 FILE - In this June 9, 2008 file photo, Manuel "Meme" Uribe, 42, shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. Uribe, once listed as the world's heaviest human being, has... (Associated Press) 
 
 Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds (394 kilograms), well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), which was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record. 
 
 Uribe's death was confirmed by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state, where the city of Monterrey is located. 
 
 Uribe had been confined to his bed in Monterrey for years, unable to walk on his own. 
 
 The official, who was not authorized to be quoted by name, said Uribe had been taken to the hospital on May 2 because of an abnormal heartbeat. 
 
 He had to be taken to the hospital with a crane by emergency and civil defense workers. 
 
 Doctors have not yet certified the cause of death. In addition to the cardiac condition, Uribe was also believed to have suffered from liver problems. 
 
 Uribe married Claudia Solis in 2008, and the wedding was one of the few times he left his home in recent years. 
 
 Uribe was a chubby kid, weighing more than 250 pounds (115 kilograms) as an adolescent. Starting in 1992, he said, his weight began ballooning further. 
 
 Since the summer of 2002, Uribe had been bedridden, relying on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. ||||| Manuel Uribe shows how he exercises from his bed during an interview on June 9, 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico. 
 
 Manuel Uribe, known as 'Meme,' once certified by the Guinness World Record as the heaviest man alive, has died. 
 
 His record peak weight was 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) in 2006. 
 
 Uribe, 48, had been admitted to a hospital in his natal Nuevo Leon a few days ago with symptoms of cardiac arrythmia and other health complications, according to El Universal newspaper. 
 
 The man had not been able to get out of bed since at least 12 years and had to be taken to the hospital with a crane by emergency and civil defense workers. He relied on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. 
 
 According to published reports, Uribe got married for the first time in 1987 and illegally immigrated to the United States, where he sold tacos on a street corner in Dallas. 
 
 Back in Mexico, in October of 2008 he married his second wife Claudia — the wedding was one of the few times he left his home in recent years. By then he weighed in at 701 lbs. after managing to lose 593 lbs. 
 
 "I am proof you can find love in any circumstances. It's all a question of faith. I have a wife and will form a new family and live a happy life," he told the Daily Record back in 2008. 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
 
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– Slimming down didn't lead to longevity for Manuel Uribe: The Mexican, who topped the scales at 1,230 pounds in 2006 when he was the world's heaviest man, has died at the age of 48, the AP reports. He had slimmed down to around 867 pounds in recent years but remained bedridden at his mother's home in Monterrey. Officials say he was taken to the hospital—by crane—earlier this month because of an abnormal heartbeat. Uribe made the news in 2008, when he got married for the second time. He left the house—but not his bed—for the ceremony, which he was transported to in a flatbed truck. He got married for the first time in 1987, when he was living in Dallas and selling tacos on a street corner, Fox reports. Uribe said he had always been chubby, but his weight began to balloon in 1992 and he had been bedridden since 2002. No cause of death has been confirmed, but he is believed to have suffered from liver problems as well as heart trouble.