World’s shortest man has died in rome at the age of 21

The world's shortest man — 2 feet, 5.37 inches tall — has died in Rome, the BBC reports. He was 21 years old.


He Pingping of China was recognized as the shortest man in March 2008 by Guinness World Records. He died Saturday after being hospitalized the past two weeks following complaints of chest pains while filming an episode for a TV show. His cause of death was not announced.

"From the moment I laid on eyes on him, I knew he was someone special," Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, told the BBC. "He had such a cheeky smile and mischievous personality, you couldn't help but be charmed by him. For such a small man, he made a huge impact around the world."

Shortest man khagendra thapa magar seeks world record

Khagendra Thapa Magar (born October 14, 1992 in Nepal), son of Rup Bahadur and Dhana Maya Thapa Magar, was the shortest teenager in the world, measuring 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in). Magar took the title of shortest man from Edward Nino Hernandez when he turned 18 on October 14, 2010.

Born on Asoj 18, 2049 in the Nepali calendar, or October 14, 1992,[1] Magar is from the Baglung District of Nepal and is dubbed as a "little Buddha" by the villagers.

World's smallest man | Chinese short man who measures only 2ft 6in

The man, 40, who measures only 2ft 6in and is bidding for title of world's smallest man.

A 40-year-old Chinese man who measures only 2ft 6in (76cm) is bidding for the title of the world's smallest man.

Following the death of the former record-holder earlier this year, Huang Kaiquan, from Hejiang County, Sichuan province, has stepped forward hoping to claim the record.

He Pingping was the world's smallest man until his death in March this year at the age of just 21.

Huang Kaiquan, who is only 2ft 5.91in and pictured here with mother Cheng Fuxiu, is bidding for the title of world's smallest man


Huang, or 'short brother' as he is known locally, is only 1.4cm taller than Pingping.

The 40-year-old, who weighs just 26 lb (12kg), the same as a three-year-old, is now hoping to claim the record.

According to his mother Cheng Fuxiu, Huang was born in February 1970. He is the second child and only son and all the other family members are of normal height.

Huang may never have a normal life but he takes consolation from the fact that even at 40 his mother can still pick him up for a cuddle.

He said: 'My mother always picked me up when I was little and as I'm still little she can still manage it.

'All my friends grew too big to be picked up, but I never grow any bigger which means that every day I can still get a cuddle from my mum.

'People have always mistaken me for a toddler because of my height - and now I'm going bald I look even more like a baby,' he joked.

Worlds Smallest Man meet Longest Legs Women

He Pinging from Inner Mongolia, China's autonomous region, the world's smallest man sits underneath Svetlana Pankratova from Russia, the Queen of Longest Legs, as they pose at Trafalgar Square in London, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. Ping ping, born with primordial dwarfism, holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest man at 74.61 cms (2 feet and 5.37 inches) and Pankratova holds the Guinness World Record for the longest leg of any woman at 132 cm (4 feet 4 inches) in length.

Worlds Shortest Man Again

World's shortest couple

Li Tangyong, 3ft 7ins, of Shunde city, married Chen Guilan, 2ft 4ins, this week.

"We had to postpone the marriage for three years because both our families objected," he told New Express.

But on October 1, they joined 30 other couples in a group wedding at a park in the city.

At the wedding, they announced they have applied to the Guinness Book of Records and are awaiting confirmation.