Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who held the Guinness World Record for shortest man in the world, has died at 75 years.
“He will be remembered forever as an iconic and extraordinary record holder,” Guinness said in a statement.
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Dangi, a Nepalese, died on Thursday
evening of an undisclosed illness at Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical
Center in Pago Pago, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Dangi, 21.5 inches, met the world’s
tallest living man, Sultan Kosen, 8 feet, 9 inches, for the first time
in London in November 2014 to celebrate Guinness World Records Day.
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