The world’s smallest man, He Pingping, passed away this past Saturday (3/13/2010). The way people who knew him talked about him really shows what a big impact someone so small can have. He was only 21 years old, and stood at 2 feet and 5 inches, when he died. He had a form of primordial dwarfism which made his health issues even worse.

Mr Pingping was in the Italian capital to take part in the filming of a television program called The Record Show.

According to the TV production company Europroduzione, he had already filmed two episodes of the program 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 Pingping died on Saturday afternoon and, at the request of his family, his body would be returned to China to be buried.

[via BBC]

I remember writing an article on He Pingping and Sultan Kosen, the worlds tallest man, back in January.  Just a couple short months later he is gone.  How sad.  Rest in peace Pingping!

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