WIZARD OF OZ Munchkin Karl Slover Dead at 93

Which leads to the burning question: How many Munchkins are left? He is best known for being the first trumpeter in the film but he also was one of the Munchkin soldiers, the only sleepy head boy in the nest of Munchkin eggs, and, one of the singers who led Dorothy down the yellow brick road. Like several of the other small actors, he had a part in the all-midget western THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN in 1938. Laurens County, Georgia  Coroner Nathan Stanley says Karl Slover died around 3:40 Tuesday afternoon at Fairview Park Hospital. Stanley said he died of cardiopulmonary problems caused by old age. Slover was 93.

From the BBC News Website:

Actor Karl Slover, who was best known for playing a Munchkin in the 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz, has died aged 93.

The star, who passed away on Tuesday with heart problems, was one of the last surviving cast members.

Slover, who was one of the smallest male Munchkins in the movie, played the lead trumpeter, a townsman and soldier in the Oscar-winning film.

John Fricke, author of 100 Years of Oz, said he had a “genuine immortality”……..

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