World's shortest man dies at 21
The world's shortest man has died in Rome
The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm (2ft 5in) tall, has died in Rome.
He was born in 1988 in Wulanchabu, China, with a form of primordial dwarfism, and was officially recognised as the world's shortest man in 2008.
He was admitted to hospital two weeks ago after suffering a chest complaint and died on Saturday, but his death has only just been announced.
Guinness World Records said he had made a "huge impact around the world".
"From the moment I laid on eyes on him I knew he was someone special - he had such a cheeky smile and mischievous personality, you couldn't help but be charmed by him," said Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief.
He Pingping officially became the world's shortest man in 2008
"For such a small man, he made a huge impact around the world," he added.
Mr He was in the Italian capital to take part in the filming of a television programme called The Record Show.
According to the TV production company Europroduzione, he had already filmed two episodes of the programme when he complained of feeling unwell.
"He started to feel slightly ill and we decided to take him to hospital. He entered hospital two weeks ago and had all kinds of tests, being a very special person he had to go though all sorts of tests. He went into intensive care three days after he was admitted," said Marco Fernandez de Araoz, communications director for Europroduzione.
He said that Mr He died on Saturday afternoon and, at the request of his family, his body would be returned to China to be buried.
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See the video clip there
Smoking causes heart ailments.
What I meant was unnatural not in a demeaning way.
i dont think it's respectful to describe his medical condition as freaky. :S
May he RIP.
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"Maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phonecalls, brokenhearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through the pain and embarrassment, you never gave up hope."
Yes I think there was a snap taken with this man sitting on the tall girls legs while she lies across. And yes again it says in the post he was from China
...Life would become Dull if there were no such Difficulties...
was this the man who was pictured with the tallest girl sitting on her lap some months back?
yeah, its the pituitary dysfunction which is responsible for normal growth..
yes. its because there are some abnormalities in their physiologal mechanisms which in turn affects their (outer) body.
"I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good, either."
One thing to be noted is that a majority of the shortest or tallest men die early. it is like nature rejecting freak formations
ohhh..I had seen the video footage of both smallest and tallest men together on news channel some days back..its really sad..May his soul rest in peace..