Pingping, who was 29 inches tall, was filming a television programme in Italy when he developed chest problems. The Chinese-born man, who became a record-holder in March 2008, was taken to hospital in Rome for treatment but passed away on Saturday. It is understood he died of heart complications. Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief and the man who measured Pingping in Inner Mongo
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