"I'm the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen, " he told Mr. Letterman on Monday.

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And, of course, we have Marius Rossillon, who went by the name of O'Galop and started doing the big Michelin posters of Bibendum, the big fat guy.

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Some history: He is Fat Boy to some, Tough Guy to others and, to the vast majority of people who pass him by without so much as a glance, "that statue" on the corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike.

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