Early this morning, he was rushed to a hospital in Punjab, India, where doctors were unable to revive him.
"He was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state," said a doctor, who later needed to clarify the unconscious state was not just sleep. "It was due to massive bleeding which had caused brain damage or aneurysm bleeding. There were very rare chances of him surviving." Oh, the Indians have a funny way of saying things! In 2008, Dev had been diagnosed with two brain aneurysms, which is a common symptom of being a dwarf. Doctors had warned him that at any time, his aneurysm could burst and lead to a fatal stroke. I wonder if strenuous activity like, say, lifting weights could have exacerbated it?
Standing at 2 feet, 9 inches and weighing only 19 pounds, Dev said the most he ever lifted was 10 pounds - about half his weight. The Guinness Book of World Records dubbed him the world's smallest body builder in 2006. He used a regimen that included 3.3-pound custom-designed dumbbells from his trainer, and bulked up to the size of an average 2-year-old. Fierce! His exercise routine included aerobics and dance, and his chest measurement was 20 inches Dev said he never let his size stop him from doing anything, well...except reaching things higher than waist high.
Pump iron in heaven, little man!
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