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

Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who was 21.5 inches tall according to Guinness World Records, died of an undisclosed illness at Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago, a hospital spokeswoman said.

He was 75 years old.

Mr. Dangi, after being declared the world's shortest man by the Guinness World Records in Kathmandu in 2012. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

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

Mr. Dangi looked on during a visit to a circus in Mumbai in March 2015. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Mr. Dangi shaved near his home in Nepal's Dang district in February 2012. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Mr. Dangi stood in front of the Bouddhanath Stupa in Kathmandu in March 2012. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

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

Mr. Dangi climbed a ladder to his home in Nepal's Dang district in February 2012. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Corrections and Amplifications: Two photo captions in the previous version of this post incorrectly mentioned Kathmandu as the hometown of Mr. Dangi. In fact, he lived in the Dang district of Nepal.