Nelson de la Rosa, the world’s smallest man is no longer with us. The 2 feet 4 inches (0.72 meters) tall man died on Sunday, 22 October 2006 for unknown causes. I watched a video clip on him long time ago, and thought of him just now when thinking what should I post next. After a search on Google, I found that he died just a week ago.

Report by AOL News
He fell ill shortly after arriving in Miami on Friday from Chile, where the Dominican national had been working in a circus. On Saturday, he traveled to New York, and later to Providence, where two of his brothers live, Duran said.(Read more..)

Here’s the video clip I watched years ago. Found it on YouTube just now.

Rest in Peace, Nelson.

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