World’s shortest man, Khagendra Thapa Magar, dies in Nepal at 27
- Magar, who was 67cm (2 feet 2.41 inches) tall, died of pneumonia, his family said
- He was verified as the world’s shortest man who could walk by Guinness World Records in 2010, and travelled to more than a dozen countries
The world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died on Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said.
Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08cm (2 feet 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200km (124 miles) from Kathmandu, where he lived with his parents.
“He has been in and out of hospital because of pneumonia. But this time his heart was also affected. He passed away today,” said his brother, Mahesh Thapa Magar.
Magar was first declared the world’s shortest man in 2010 after his 18th birthday, and was photographed holding a certificate only a bit smaller than him.
He eventually lost the title after Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured 54.6cm (1 foot, 9.5 inches), was discovered and named the world’s shortest mobile man.
Magar regained the title after Dangi’s death in 2015.
