Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (person) by borgo - Everything2.com
Tue Feb 03 2004 at 15:54:01 When you consider the case of Fatty Arbuckle and the circumstances surrounding the facts, you get a good idea of what the combination of a hysterical media and yellow journalism can lead up to. I guess you could say that Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle was destined to acquire the nickname “Fatty”. After all, when he born in Smith Center, Kansas on March 24, 1887, he weighed in at 14 pounds. It wasn’t too long before the local kids took notice of his girth and bestowed upon him the name he would carry for the rest of his life. His family, always poor, often had to li...