World’s shortest man Khagendra Thapa dies at 27
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January 18: World’s shortest man Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Nepal has died at the age of 27. Khagendra Thapa measured 67.08cm (2ft 2.41inch) and was recognised as the world’s shortest man who could walk by Guinness World Records.

We are saddened today to hear of the passing of the world’s shortest man, Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal https://t.co/rfedNxxnP8

— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) January 17, 2020

Khagendra Thapa Magar died of pneumonia on Friday at a hospital in Pokhara, 200km (124 miles) from Kathmandu, where he lived with his parents. As Magar became famous he was appointed as a Nepalese goodwill ambassador for tourism.

Khagendra was first declared the world’s shortest man in 2010 after his 18th birthday and his title was verified by Guinness World Records. However he eventually lost the title after Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured 54.6 centimetres (1ft 7.9 inches), was discovered and named the world’s shortest mobile man. Khagendra regained the title after Dangi’s death in 2015.