<p>A Ukrainian farmer, believed to be the world's tallest man at 8ft 4 inches, has died aged 44.<br />Leonid Stadnyk, from the Ukrainian village of Podoliantsy, died Sunday from a brain haemorrhage after health problems.</p>.<p><br />Stadnyk's feet measured almost 18 inches in length while his palms were more than a foot in diameter. He slept on a billiard table as the bed was not big enough for him.</p>.<p><br />However, he was too shy to be measured for the Guinness World record books, 'mirror.co.uk' reported.<br />"To me, my height is a curse, a punishment from God, not something to celebrate," Stadnyk had said in an interview.</p>.<p><br />"I don't want or need the fame that this would bring so I have no desire to be in this Guinness book," he had said.</p>.<p><br />At the age of 12, a benign brain tumour over-stimulated Stadnyk's body's production of a growth hormone.</p>.<p><br />At one point, his condition, called gigantism, left him growing at the rate of roughly a foot every three years.</p>.<p><br />According to a Guinness World Records spokeswoman, Stadnyk was contacted but seemed like "a very shy guy."</p>.<p><br />"He doesn't want us around," she had said.</p>.<p><br />The Guinness record for the tallest living man in the world is held by Sultan Kosen of Turkey, who measured at 8ft 3 inches in February 2011.</p>
<p>A Ukrainian farmer, believed to be the world's tallest man at 8ft 4 inches, has died aged 44.<br />Leonid Stadnyk, from the Ukrainian village of Podoliantsy, died Sunday from a brain haemorrhage after health problems.</p>.<p><br />Stadnyk's feet measured almost 18 inches in length while his palms were more than a foot in diameter. He slept on a billiard table as the bed was not big enough for him.</p>.<p><br />However, he was too shy to be measured for the Guinness World record books, 'mirror.co.uk' reported.<br />"To me, my height is a curse, a punishment from God, not something to celebrate," Stadnyk had said in an interview.</p>.<p><br />"I don't want or need the fame that this would bring so I have no desire to be in this Guinness book," he had said.</p>.<p><br />At the age of 12, a benign brain tumour over-stimulated Stadnyk's body's production of a growth hormone.</p>.<p><br />At one point, his condition, called gigantism, left him growing at the rate of roughly a foot every three years.</p>.<p><br />According to a Guinness World Records spokeswoman, Stadnyk was contacted but seemed like "a very shy guy."</p>.<p><br />"He doesn't want us around," she had said.</p>.<p><br />The Guinness record for the tallest living man in the world is held by Sultan Kosen of Turkey, who measured at 8ft 3 inches in February 2011.</p>