Famous Fasts in History Angus Barbieri

About the famous faster Angus Barbieri, history and biography of the longest known faster.

FAMOUS FASTS

ANGUS BARBIERI

The honor of undergoing the longest fast to date belongs to Angus Barbieri of Scotland, who subsisted on a diet of tea, coffee, water, soda water, and vitamins from June, 1965, to July, 1966. His weight at the start was 472 lb.; at the end it was 178 lb.