I'm saddened to learn of the passing of He Pingping on 13 March.

He was, at the time of his death at age 21, the world's shortest man. According to Guiness, he measured a puny 73cm (or 2'5"). He passed away in Rome of aparent heart failure after complaining of chest pains.

What I want to know, however, is why did wikipedia editors feel it was necessary to include the fact that He was a chain smoker? Did they really not have enough verifiable facts to pad out his biography? Or did they want people to form their own cringe-worthy "cigarettes-stunting-growth" jokes by themselves?

RIP little dude.