Kenny Easterday

• Name — Kenny Easterday • Birth Name — Kenneth Easterday • Born — 7 December 1973 • Birthplace — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — 12 February 2016 • Place of death — Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Death Cause — Complications from sacral agenesis • Education — New Horizon School • Other Names — The Man with Half a Body

He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. The amputations took place in two stages. The first amputation surgery took Easterday's shin bones, which were used to replace his missing spinal column. At the time of Easterday's first amputation surgery he was only expected to live six months to one year. At six months of age, Easterday underwent a second and final amputation surgery, which involved amputating the rest of his remaining legs at the hips. Easterday gained some notability following the 1988 release of the Canadian movie Kenny, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself. He was a regular on The Jerry Springer Show in which he functioned as "The Messenger". He was also the focus of a 2010 TLC special titled The Man with Half a Body. Easterday died on February 12, 2016, aged 42.