Are you referring to the late Divine who starred in John Waters' films? Divine preferred to be called a "shim." Divine was a male transexual who weighed in at about 350 pounds. I'm from Baltimore and recall when he was shooting the film in the city and suburbs.
I've never laughed so hard in my life to see the reactions of people on the street as an obese drag queen strutted down a street in downtown Baltimore wearing a hot-pink, skin tight evening gown. Now THAT was something to see!
