World's shortest man dies aged 75

World's shortest adult Chandra Bahadur Dangi, pictured here in Mumbai on March 18, 2015, lived in a remote Nepalese village but travelled the world after he was officially declared the world's smallest man. - AFP/File / Punit Paranjpe

London (AFP) - 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.

Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who was 21.5 inches tall (54.6 cm), died late Thursday at the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago.