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« on: January 16, 2014, 11:37:03 PM »
1 hr ago| By Associated Press


With Duccini's death, only one actor who played one of the original 124 Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz" remains alive.
 

LAS VEGAS — 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 original 124 Munchkins in the movie remains alive.

Duccini died of natural causes in Solari Hospice Care Center in Las Vegas on Thursday.
 
The only surviving original Munchkin is Jerry Maren, 93, of Los Angeles, who portrayed a member of the Lollipop Guild.
http://news.msn.com/obits/wizard-of-oz-munchkin-ruth-robinson-duccini-dies
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