Madge Bester (26 April 1963 – 19 March 2018) was a former world's shortest living woman. From South Africa, in 1991 she measured 65 cm (2 ft 1.5 inches) in height. Bester had osteogenesis imperfecta, which is characterized by brittle bones, and used a wheelchair. She was a campaigner for disability rights, holding a 1998 press conference on the issue accompanied by Lin Yih-Chih, the world's smallest man. Bester lived in a retirement village in Bloemfontein. Her mother Winnie, who died in 2001, also had osteogenesis imperfecta and measured only 70 cm. Bester died on 19 March 2018, aged 54.

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1963 births 2018 deaths Afrikaner people People with osteogenesis imperfecta People from Bloemfontein South African disability rights activists South African people with disabilities Place of death missing South African activists with disabilities {{SouthAfrica-bio-stub

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