LOS ANGELES — 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 24 ...

Elaine Merk Binder, who played one of the munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, has died at the age of 94. Binder’s daughter, Annette Phillips, confirmed the news of her mother’s death to TMZ on Sunday, ...

Elaine Merk Binder, one of the last surviving actors who played a Munchkin in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has died, according to her daughter Annette Phillips. She was 94. Binder auditioned ...

One of the last remaining Munchkin characters from the 1939 MGM classic “Wizard of Oz” has died. Elaine Merk Binder, who performed as one of the film’s merry little people when she was 8 years old, ...

NEW YORK -- It's a simple proclamation that can bring you instantly back to the land of Oz: ''As coroner, I must aver / I thoroughly examined her / And she's not only merely dead / She's really, most ...

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 ...

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 For Oz, which experienced a deficit 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 ...

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 ...