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World's shortest man dies at 75

Xinhua, September 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The World's shortest man, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, passed away in the Samoa Islands in the United States while undergoing treatment at a local hospital, Nepali media reports said on Friday.

The 75-year-old Dangi breathed his last due to an undisclosed illness at Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center on Friday, Nepali leading online news portal Setopati.com reported on Friday quoting to Mr Dangi's nephew Dolakh Dangi.

According to Dangi's nephew, Mr. Dangi had left for the United States on a tour last month.

The Guinness World Records recognized Nepali national Dangi as the shortest man of the World on Feb.26, 2012.

According to the Guinness World Records official website, Mr. Dangi was 54.6 cm (21.5 inch) tall at the time of verification by the Guinness team, when he was 72. The confirmed measurement also made Dangi the shortest adult human to ever have their height verified by Guinness World Records during the time of verification.

Chandra was a permanent resident of a village of Reemkholi in Dang district of Mid-Western Nepal, some 540 kilometers southwest of the Nepali capital Kathmandu. Endi