Photos: World's Shortest Man Dies At Age 75, After Suffering From Pneumonia

The shortest man on record died on Thursday evening at a hospital in a American Samoa, hospital officials said.

Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi –who was 21.5 inches tall according to Guinness World Records–died at Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 75 years old.

Dangi had a condition known as primordial dwarfism, which means, unlike with many other forms of dwarfism, his bones and organs were proportionally smaller than those of an average-height person. While many primordial dwarfs suffer from health issues, Dangi was described as "unusually fit."

Chandra Bahadur Dangi posed with the artists at a circus in Mumbai March, 2015

Mr. Dangi looked on during a visit to a circus in Mumbai in March 2015

Mr. Dangi stood in front of the Bouddhanath Stupa in Kathmandu in March 2012

Mr. Dangi stood next to the world’s tallest man Sultan Kosen at London, November 2014

Mr. Dangi shaved near his home in Kathmandu in February 2012

Mr. Dangi climbed a ladder to his home in Kathmandu in February 2012