(CBS/AP) Who is the world's shortest man? That question is up for debate, now that a 72-year-old man from western Nepal has set out to prove to Guinness World Records that he deserves the title.

KATMANDU, Nepal - A 72-year-old Nepalese man who is about the size of a toddler on Sunday became the world's shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and Guinness World Records official measured ...

(CBS) It's official: The world's shortest man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal, Guinness World Records announced Sunday. The 72-year-old man stands at 21.5 inches tall, a mere 5 centimeters shorter ...

KATMANDU, NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — A 72-year-old Nepalese man who is about the size of a toddler on Sunday became the world’s shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and Guinness World Records official ...

KATMANDU, Nepal-- He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi only ...

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 foot, 10 inches ...

A Nepalese man has won a world record for coming up short. Chandra Bahadur Dangi was officially recognized as the world’s shortest living man, Guinness World Records announced Sunday. The pint-sized ...

A Nepalese man has won a world record for coming up short. Chandra Bahadur Dangi was officially recognized as the world's shortest living man, Guinness World Records announced Sunday. The pint-sized ...

The world’s shortest man Chandra Dangi from Nepal has died. He died from pneumonia in a US hospital yesterday September 4th. He was 75. He had been sick in his home which he was treating but had ...

WASHINGTON — At 1 foot 9.5 inches tall, and 31 pounds, Chandra Bahadur Dangi held the Guinness World Record as the shortest full-grown man in the world. Dangi died Thursday at the age of 75, after ...

KATMANDU, NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — He has never worked outside the home or seen a doctor, and until Wednesday, he had never left his remote mountain village in western Nepal. So 72-year-old Chandra ...