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World's smallest man dead at 21: Guinness World Records
AFP via google ^
| 03/15/10
| Staff
Posted on 03/15/2010 4:21:14 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
LONDON — The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall (75 centimetres), has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.
He -- a native of China who had a form of primordial dwarfism and measured 74.61 centimetres -- was in Rome taking part in a television show when he suffered chest problems.
He was taken to hospital, where he died over the weekend.
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of London-based Guinness World Records, recalled measuring He in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in 2008.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: china; dwarf; guinness
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And all this time, I thought Robert Reich was the world's smallest man. Who knew?
To: OldDeckHand
No, reich IS a small man, Mr. Pingping was just short.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:23:24 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:24:28 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: OldDeckHand
Bummer. From what I read, he was a decent person.
But we all gotta go, I guess...
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:25:53 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
Such a short life.
(ouch)
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:27:03 PM PDT
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: El Sordo
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”
Fight Club
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:27:11 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(I keeps mah feathers numbered, for just such an emergency...)
To: OldDeckHand
To: OldDeckHand
Ping?
PingPing?
PingPong?
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:30:21 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Democrats prioritize Death over Enslavement!)
Dammit! Poor guy. Dude was cool.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:31:40 PM PDT
by
NoRedTape
To: OldDeckHand
I have no medical credentials whatsoever but the pictures I've seen of Mr. Pingping look like a person with primordial dwarfism. Such folks often die young.
I'm sorry for his passing.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:31:56 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Obama: Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg)
To: Dr.Zoidberg
...and somewhere near Harvard a little man is saying, “Ouch! Now where did that mark come from?”
To: maine-iac7
Wow, 21.
We have a son that age.
Way too young...
To: NoRedTape
Poor guy.
Dang, that is one freaky picture.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:38:22 PM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: OldDeckHand
Dwarf Star Predicted to Blast Through the Solar System
To: El Sordo
From what I read, he was a decent person. I recall the same thing. I can't remember the specifics but there was an interview with him and he was very self-confident and positive. Sad he only lived until 21.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:42:01 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: OldDeckHand
Now he’s in a first-place tie for “World’s Deadest Man.”
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:42:19 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Anything worth doing, is worth doing badly at first.)
To: OldDeckHand
When it comes to smallness, I don’t think Reich is in the same league as Soetoro.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:51:44 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: Beelzebubba
I bet he got carded all the time.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:52:27 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: OldDeckHand
Jack: Did you hear the world's smallest man died?
Bill: No? Who was he?
Jack: That's right, I thought you didn't know?
Bill: Know what?
Jack: That the world's smallest man died.
Bill: I didn't, what's his name?
Jack: He.
Bill: He who?
Jack: He Pingping.
Bill: He ping ping what?
Jack: Just He Pingping.
Bill: But you said he died.
Jack: Yes, He did.
Bill: Well, God bless him.
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posted on
03/15/2010 4:54:43 PM PDT
by
stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: NoRedTape
He died so young!
He didn’t even have a chance to grow up yet...
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posted on
03/15/2010 5:01:50 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
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