Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz," died at 98 due to complications from congestive heart failure, according to his family. Maren died in his sleep on May 24 at a private ...

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Maren, who danced into pop culture in 1939 as the tartan-costumed, candy-toting Munchkin leader of the Lollipop Guild in “The Wizard of Oz,” a role that overshadowed a lifetime of ...

Actor Jerry Maren died last month. Maren was the central Lollipop League character who handed an enormous lollipop to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. John Fricke, a ...

CHESTERTON | Original Munchkin Jerry Maren and his wife, Elizabeth, were happy to see fans Friday afternoon and signed autographs for fans who lined up down the block. Although three of the Munchkins ...

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 ...

Actor Jerry Maren died last month. Maren was the central Lollipop League character who gave Dorothy a lollipop in The Wizard of Oz. John Fricke,... Munchkin Actor Jerry Maren, Who Handed Lollipop to ...

Maren's niece, Stacy Michelle Barrington, confirmed his death to Fox News on Wednesday. Barrington said Maren died over a month ago, but the family decided to hold of sharing the news in the media. "I ...

Jerry Maren, the actor best known for his role as the “oldest munchkin” in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” has died, TMZ reported. He was 98. The actor’s cause of death is still unknown, but he ...

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Last surviving ‘Wizard of Oz’ munchkin Jerry Maren dies: Jerry Maren, the last surviving munchkin from the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” and the one who famously welcomed Dorothy to Munchkin ...