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Johan John “Johnny the Giant” Aasen

Birth: 5 Mar 1890
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death: 1 Aug 1938 (aged 48)
Talmage, Mendocino County, California, USA
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot: Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Protection, Niche 12373
Memorial ID: 48074719 View Source

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Created by: Ben Lonrusten
Added: Feb 13, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48074719/johan_john-aasen: accessed ), memorial page for Johan John “Johnny the Giant” Aasen (5 Mar 1890–1 Aug 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48074719, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Ben Lonrusten (contributor 46904820).

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Johan and Lawrence Buck

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Photo courtesy of Wouter W. de Herder and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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Wiht Harold Lloyd arpund 1922

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Harold Lloyd and Johan Aasen in Why Worry? produced by Har Roach

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Johan Aasen with the beautiful Mary Brian from "Two Flaming youths"

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Heres Johan -as he liked to call him self, together with Harold Lloyd in Johans first movie Why Worry?, where he played Colosso. He did 7 movies- only one talkie. His mother Kristi Aasen (born 1868)came from Numedal in Norway with the Atlantic steamer S/S Rollo in 1887, and settled in Wisconsin. She was 220 cm so Johan had something to look up to. Johan came out 11 kg when he was born march 1. 1887 or 1890- we are still not totally shure about the year or the name of his father.
Some information tell he was first buried in Mendocina CA, but later moved to Montana.

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02 Aug 1938, Tue • Page 3

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with the courtesy of The Harold Lloyd Trust

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Johan Aasen with his sister Evelyn

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From 1922 in Canada on tour for C.A Worthams Shows

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