Khagendra Thapa Magar, the world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal. He was measured 67.08 centimetres (2 feet 2.41 inches) and died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, where he lived with his parents.
Magar was first declared the world’s shortest man in 2010 after his 18th birthday, photographed holding a certificate only a bit smaller than him. Though he eventually lost the title after Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured 54.6 centimetres, was discovered and named the world’s shortest mobile man. Magar regained the title after Dangi’s death in 2015.
As the world’s shortest man the 27-year-old travelled to more than a dozen countries and made television appearances in Europe and the United States. Magar became an official face of Nepal’s tourism campaign, which featured him as the smallest man in a country that is home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.
According to Guinness World Records, the record for shortest living mobile man is now retained by Edward “Nino” Hernandez of Colombia who stands 70.21 centimetres tall.
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