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| Chandra Dangi |
The shortest man in history has died from pneumonia at the age of 75.
Chandra Dangi of Nepal, who was just 21.5ins, was declared the shortest human adult ever documented and verified in 2012.
He died at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago in American Samoa in the Pacific this morning following a brief illness.
Family friend Sujit Dilip, owner of India’s well-known Rambo Circus, based in Pune, said: ‘Today, our circus is flooded with tears at the loss of the world’s smallest man…whom we lovingly called Prince Chandra.’
Mr Dangi broke the record in 2012 when he was crowned by Guinness World Records in Kathmandu, Nepal.
A spokeswoman at the hospital said he died of an undisclosed disease but it was believed he’d been suffering from pneumonia, as reported by the Kathmandu Post.
He was being treated in Nepal but travelled the 7,500 miles to American Samoa for an appearance and had to be rushed to hospital after his symptoms worsened.
A Guinness World Records spokesman released a tribute to the ‘extraordinary’ dwarf.
It read: “Guinness World Records (GWR), the global authority in record breaking achievements, is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr Chandra Dangi, who held the title of shortest man in the world.
“GWR would like to express its sincere and heartfelt condolences to Mr Dangi’s family in this difficult time.
“He will be remembered forever as an iconic and extraordinary record holder.”
Mr Dangi travelled to London in November 2014 for Guinness World Record Day, ten years after the event was first set up when it became the world’s best-selling copyright book.
Smiling outside the Houses of Parliament, Mr Dangi shook hands with the world’s tallest man Sultan Kösen, who stands at 8ft 1in.
Chandra Bahadur Dandi, the shortest man ever and Sultan Kosen, the tallest living man
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| Chandra Bahadur Dandi, the shortest man ever and Sultan Kosen, the tallest living man |
-Mirror
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