Jerry Maren, last surviving Munchkin from 'The Wizard of Oz,' dies at 98
by Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times
Jun 06, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Actor Jerry Maren, the green-clad tough guy of the Lollipop Guild who famously handed Dorothy (Judy Garland) a giant lollipop in the 1939 film classic "The Wizard of Oz," has died at 98.
Standing at 4-foot-3, Maren was the longest-living member of the Munchkins and the last surviving little person to appear in the iconic film.
He died on May 24 in a San Diego nursing home, his niece Stacy Michelle Barrington confirmed to the Los Angeles
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