Small in stature but a huge loss: World’s shortest man Dangi dies, aged 75

The world’s shortest man, as verified by the Guinness Book of Records, has died of an undisclosed illness in American Samoa, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. He may have only stood 21.5in tall but for a while Chandra Bahadur Dangi was one of the biggest names on the planet. Officially the world’s smallest man at a shade under 55cm, Dangi shot to fame three years ago when he was recognised for his stature. The 75-year-old Nepalese died late Thursday at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago.

Today, our circus is flooded with tears at the loss of the world’s smallest man… whom we lovingly called Prince Chandra.

Sujit Dilip, owner of India’s well-known Rambo Circus

In March this year, he was hosted by Rambo Circus in Mumbai and he played for the audiences and greeted with resounding cheers at his show. Accompanied by his nephew Dholak, he and other artistes of Rambo Circus were on a major tour of the South Pacific region with the Tupa'l Bruno’s Magic Circus, Samoa. Dangi lived in a remote village around 400km (248 miles) from Kathmandu but travelled the world after he was officially declared the world’s smallest man, posing for a photograph with world’s tallest man Sultan Kosen in 2013.

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