Chandra Dangi, a Nepal, who was known as the shortest man on earth dies in USA, September 4, where he traveled on job assignments. Chandra died of pneumonia at the age of 75. The shortest man in the world as recorded by Guiness Book of Records was just 21.5 inches in height. His polar opposite, the tallest man in the world is Sultan Kösen from Turkey who measured 251 cm. ‘Today, our circus is flooded with tears at the loss of the world’s smallest man...whom we lovingly called Prince Chandra,’ a statement issued by the family says.
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