19. Diamond Jim Brady’s appetite led to a restauranteur calling him the best 25 customers he ever had
Diamond Jim Brady, who can be best described as a raconteur, possessed an appetite both prodigious and legendary. A typical breakfast included several dozen eggs, supported with cornbread, potatoes, grits, muffins, sausage, steak, pancakes, and several quarts of orange juice, as well as coffee. It would sustain him until his mid-morning snack of a couple of dozen oysters. Lunch was equally enormous, often of two or three lobsters as well as another steak. Dinner included several lobsters, poultry, beef, and supporting side dishes followed by several desserts. He died, unsurprisingly, of a heart attack at the age of 60, and his autopsy revealed that his stomach was over six times larger than the average person’s.