Walter R. Cole

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Walter R. Cole is a little known Living Skeleton performer who was born in either 1881 or 1883, and performed from about 1915 to about 1930. In 1921 he claimed to be 6-feet tall and weigh only 60 pounds. His condition he attributed to an unknown illness that reduced his weight at age 18 from 175 pounds to his then current 60 pounds over a period of 17 months.

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Walter R. Cole