DOLLY DIMPLES!! The Celesta Geyer Story.

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THIS STORY:

Celesta Geyer, better known on stage as "Dolly Dimples" was billed as "The World's Most Beautiful Fat Lady". She was also an accomplished singer and impersonator of celebrities of the day, such as Kate Smith. Dolly's act became a big draw on the sideshow circuit. Her husband Frank also worked with the sideshow as a road assistant and acted as Dolly's manager. By the late 1930s they were working for the Ringling Brothers, the pinnacle of the traveling circuses. By this time, Dolly was consuming approximately 10,000 calories daily, enough for 5 average women. By the time she was in her 40s her weight peaked at 555 pounds.

The most remarkable part of her story is that after surviving a near fatal heart attack in 1950, Dolly followed a strict 800 calories per day diet and in little more than a year she lost 440 pounds and reduced her weight to 112 pounds. She maintained the weight loss for the rest of her life.
She regained her health and became an avid advocate of dieting and exercise.

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The Angel face you see is the Haserot, named “The Angel of Death Victorious". The stoic angel is seated on the marble gravestone of canning entrepreneur Francis Haserot and his family. Holding an extinguished torch upside-down, it represents a symbol of life extinguished. Wings are outstretched and the gaze is straight ahead.
IN THE END, DEATH ALWAYS WINS. LEST THE FACES NOT BE FORGOTTEN...

This channel is focused on casually walking and viewing a handful of the thousands of forgotten names and faces at various cemeteries near and afar. Seeing their faces up close. And when able, telling the stories behind their names.

Most graves are unknown and lost to history.
Some are famous.
And some infamous....
....and some with tragic endings.

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