The Last Munchkin Has Died

[barnflatwyngarde]

It's funny how looking back at The Wizard of Oz, my defining memories are of the cowardly lion and the Munchkins.

Another iconic memory slips away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-44386487

[Sam Flynn]

There's a certain poetic beauty in the fact that such a short man had such a long life.

RIP

[Magpie]

There's a certain poetic beauty in the fact that such a short man had such a long life.

RIP

Nailed it beautifully.

[Pcdunn]

Yes, very sad. They used to run that movie every year on television, so I grew up being scared of the "great and powerful Oz" and the flying monkeys, and memorizing all the lyrics of the songs. Like many, the first I learned of Little People as they're called now.