Neil Fingleton, a 7-foot 7-inch actor who played the giant, Mag the Mighty, in “Game of Thrones” has died at 36.
The Tall Persons Club says Mr. Fingleton, who was Britain’s tallest man, died on Saturday. British media reported the cause as heart failure.
Mr. Fingleton was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the U.K.’s tallest man.
Born in northeast England in 1980, Fingleton told the Guinness records website in 2006 that “I have always been taller than everyone since I can remember.”
In the “Games of Thrones” the fearsome Mag was a giant on the northern side of the great ice wall that was guarded by Lord Commander Jon Snow and the black-clad men of the Night’s Watch.
