Half-Ton Man Dies 
A 450-kilogram man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died on Tuesday, October 8, 2008, of heart failure, his family said. Jose Luis Garza had said he had always struggled with his weight but fell into a cycle of depression and overeating nine months ago after his parents died of natural causes within two weeks of each other. He had been bedridden for four months.