You don’t have to be a professional wrestling fan to recognize the name Andre the Giant. Born Andre Rene Roussimoff and raised in Molien, France, Andre the Giant grew from humble beginnings to become ...

Jane Jenkins, the casting director of “The Princess Bride,” looked at a lot of tall men for the part of the giant Fezzik. But in her mind, there was only one giant who could plausibly haul ...

Not only was Andre the Giant outsized in body, but his personality, too, was larger than life. Looking back on the life of one of wrestling's most beloved big men, you'd be hard put not to smile ...

It's been over 30 years since the world lost its eighth wonder. André René Roussimoff, better known by most as Andre The Giant, may have died in his sleep on January 28, 1993, but his legacy in ...

Andre the Giant and Kareem Abdul Jabbar lift Arnold Schwarzenneger / IMAGO / ZUMA Press Wire A book titled "The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant," includes a chapter ...