(CBS) It's official: The world's shortest man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal, Guinness World Records announced Sunday. PICTURES: World's shortest man is 21.5-inch-tall Nepalese 72-year-old.

The shortest man on record died on Thursday evening at a hospital in American Samoa, hospital officials said. Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who was 21.5 inches tall according to Guinness World ...

While Guinness settles the debate, check out pictures of Dangi on his home turf in Western Nepal: World's shortest man is 21.5-inch-tall Nepalese 72-year-old 22 photos ...

Well, Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal is 22 inches tall (or so he claims), and may very well be the world’s smallest person. But for 72 years, he didn’t try to cash in on it.

At an estimated 22 inches tall, Chandra Bahadur Dangi’s body is the size of a large infant. But Dangi, at 72, is full grown. Sunday, he may be declared the world’s shortest man if Guinness ...

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, the shortest adult to have ever been verified by Guinness World Records, poses for pictures with the world's tallest man Sultan Kosen from Turkey, during a ...

A 72-year-old man in Nepal claims to be the world’s shortest man, and he may prove to be the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records’ history. Chandra Bahadur Dangi says he is 1 … ...