LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and the one who famously welcomed Dorothy to Munchkin Land, has died at age 99. Maren died May ...

Elaine Merk Binder, who famously played one of the munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz," is dead. Elaine died Sunday ... according to her daughter, Annette Phillips. The cause of death is unclear. Most of ...

Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the timeless film, the wonderful "Wizard of Oz" skips into town Sunday in its live stage format -- and with local Munchkins. "It's just a fantastic celebration ...

At age 15 she went off to see the wizard. Now more than 70 years later, Margaret Pellegrini — an original munchkin from Munchkinland — still doesn't get tired of the story of Dorothy and ...

DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, September 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Elaine Merk Binder, remembered as one of the last surviving Munchkins from the beloved 1939 ...

One of only three surviving actors with personal memories of making 'The Wizard of Oz,' 95- year-old Priscilla Montgomery Clark recounts her role as a Munchkin Jeanette Fern, Rae-Nell Laskey, ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last of the original female Munchkins from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 95. With her death, only one actor who played one of the ...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. - Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz, has died. His caregiver, Cindy Bosnyak, said Raabe died Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Fla. He ...

If you love Cynthia and Ariana’s Wicked, and your Oz obsession isn’t over, then you now have a brand-new Wizard of Oz project to look forward to.

A female Munchkin who appeared in The Wizard of Oz has died, aged 95. Ruth Robinson Duccini passed away of natural cases today (January 17) at a Las Vegas hospice center. There is now one surviving ...

PHOENIX — Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939 classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died. She was 89. Pellegrini suffered a stroke Monday at her Glendale home and died ...