Neil Fingleton

Game Of Thrones’ Star Neil Fingleton Dies At 36

... Published By. ‘Game of Thrones’ fans in for huge shock as new season is set to end nail-biting cliff-hanger. Neil Fingleton “ Game of Thrones ” star and the UK’s tallest man at a towering 7 ft 7 in has died at age 36. The actor and basketball player, who played Mag the Mighty in the hit show, reportedly died of heart failure on Saturday. The 7 ft 7 in star was named the tallest man in the UK and European Union in 2007 and was among the 25 tallest men in the world. He studied at the University of North Carolina in the US and had a successful basketball career playing in America, Spain, China, Italy, Greece and England. After turning to acting Fingleton, who grew up in County Durham, appeared in “Dr Who,” “X-men: First Class,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Game of Thrones.”. In 2007 he told The Journal : “To be the tallest is like a special gift, it’s unique.”. “I’ve never had any problems with my height. The thing people have to understand is being exceptionally tall is not a disease – it’s just a genetic thing.”. On the Guinness Book of World Records website Neil is quoted as saying: “My height ...