News update: The world shortest man is dead



The world’s shortest man died, he died at the age of 75 after suffering from pneumonia.

Chandra Dangi of Nepal passed away at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago in American Samoa in the Pacific early Friday morning following a brief illness.
Mr Dangi, who was just 21.5ins, broke the record in 2012 when he was crowned by Guinness World Records in Kathmandu, India.

His was always known  for constructing place mats and head straps for villagers carrying heavy loads, but mr Dangi became popular in his area after his winning the title in the guilder book of record as the Shortest man in the world and it  also gave him the opportunity to travel abroad and earn money for Reemkholi, the Nepalese village where he resides.


The tiny man, who was a primordial dwarf, was the same size as six cans of baked beans stacked on top of each other.

He beat the benchmark set by Gul Mohammed, from New Delhi, India, who measured 22.5ins and died at the age of 40 in 1997.


The 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.'

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.

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