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Wesley Warren Jr, known as Warren, who lived with a 10-stone scrotum for five ­years, died from a heart attack in March 2014 at the age of 49.

Warren was almost housebound and unable to walk properly, drive, or have sex after his testicle sac swelled to the same weight as a ­Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.

The former salesman couldn’t even wear trousers and had to resort to putting his legs through the arms of an enormous hoodie before zipping the body up over his gigantic testicles and tying the ­drawstrings beneath.

Before his death, Warren had an operation to ease his condition, describing his pre-op life as a living, breathing freak show.

Warren, 49, groaned at the time: “I draw attention everywhere I go.

“There are a lot of people that will look and laugh and stare in shock and awe and amazement and it’s tough to deal with.”

(Image: Channel 4)

Little did Warren know about the ordeal ahead of him when he accidentally ­triggered his condition by crushing his privates while getting out of bed.

Doctors prescribed antibiotics for the inflammation but ­instead of going down, the swelling increased until his scrotum was the size of a beach ball.

He was diagnosed with the extremely rare scrotal lymphoedema.

It causes ­elephantitis, which leads to ­excessive swelling in certain body parts.

Warren’s crippling deformity meant he couldn’t even sit down without a milk crate between his legs and going to the toilet was a daily torment.

“I miss just doing simple things such as going to the post office and shopping in the supermarket,” he had said.

“It’s almost like being in prison. I don’t know how much longer I have to live with this testicle sac continuing to grow.

(Image: Channel 4)

“But there is no plan as to what I can do. I don’t have any answers.”

Unable to work and reliant on benefits, Warren, from Las Vegas, Nevada, didn’t think he’d ever be able to afford the ­complex surgery he needed.

Local doctors were only able to offer him complete removal of the whole area, which would effectively castrate him.

With the weight of his testicles ­increasing by several pounds a month, Warren took to Facebook to raise the cash to travel further afield.

Through social media and appearances on US TV, he managed to get $2,000.

But things turned sour when social security officials got wind of his savings and temporarily stopped his benefits.

Warren, who was terrified he would end up homeless, even considered selling his testicle sac on eBay to help fund his treatment.

But after a consultant in ­California heard of his plight he offered to perform the surgery, worth ­hundreds of thousands of dollars, for free.

(Image: Channel 4)

The 13-hour operation was filmed by Channel 4 and involved removing 132.5lb of ­tissue.

Doctors then took skin from other parts of his body to ­reconstruct his genitals which remained in full working order.

Warren felt he had been through hell and back, but for the first time in five years, his outlook was positive.

“I cannot express how ecstatic I’m feeling about the future,” he said after the surgery.

“And if some way somehow or another I can stumble upon love – any kind of love – I think I will finally be happy.

“I’m very thankful that I’ve been given my life back.”

Sadly, almost a year after his surgery, Warren passed away after reportedly suffering two heart attacks in recent weeks at University Medical Centre in Las Vegas.

US TV Network The Learning Channel, which broadcast the original programme featuring Mr Warren’s operation, said: “We are saddened to hear about the sudden loss of Wesley.

“He was a lovely man who bravely told his story, and we share our condolences with his family and friends.’’

* The Man With The 10-stone Testicles: A Bodyshock Special will be repeated on ­Channel 4 at 10.15pm tonight

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This article was originally published on 24 June 2013.