Jerry Maren, Last Surviving Munchkin in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Dies at 98

Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin from the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died at age 98.According to TMZ, Maren died last week and a funeral was held over the weekend at Forest Lawn in Hollywood.Maren was 18 when he was cast in the movie as a bouquet-wielding member of the Lollipop Guild that welcomed Judy Garland’s Dorothy Gale to Oz.According to the Chicago Tribune, Maren was the final surviving Munchkin actor from the 124 little people who starred in the 1939 musical.

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