THE world’s shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal.

Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimeters, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200 kilometers from Kathmandu, where he lived with his parents.

“He has been in and out of hospital because of pneumonia. But this time his heart was also affected. He passed away today,” Mahesh Thapa Magar, his brother, said.

Magar was first declared the world’s shortest man in 2010 after his 18th birthday.

However, he eventually lost the title after Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured 54.6 centimeters, was discovered and named the world’s shortest mobile man. Magar regained the title after Dangi’s death in 2015.

“He was so tiny when he was born that he could fit in the palm of your hand, and it was very hard to bathe him because he was so small,” said his father, Roop Bahadur.

As the world’s shortest man, the 27-year-old traveled to more than a dozen countries and made television appearances in Europe and the United States.

Magar 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 Qomolangma.

During his stint he met other short people around the world, including the shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, from India.

The world’s shortest non-mobile man is Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, who measures only 59.93 centimeters but is unable to walk or stand unaided, according to Guinness World Records.

The record for shortest living mobile man is now retained by Edward “Nino” Hernandez of Colombia, a reggaeton DJ who stands 70.21 centimeters tall, Guinness said.(SD-Agencies)