Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres (2ft 2.41 inches), passed away from pneumonia, his family said
Khagendra died in hospital in the city of Pokhara, where he lived with his parents.
He also became an official face of Nepal’s tourism campaign, which featured him as the smallest man in a country that is home to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, said: ‘We’re terribly sad to hear the news from Nepal that Khagendra is no longer with us.
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