As no one has yet been able to offer an answer, I can say that Robert Pershing Wadlow, whilst possibly not the *oldest* man to be recorded as growing taller, was certainly still growing at his death, as at 18 days before he passed away at the very early age of 22 years and 4 months, he was measured at 8ft 11.1 inches (2.72m). The year before he was a 'mere' 8ft 8in (2.64m). His great height was from "hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone (HGH)."
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