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Munchkin Actor Jerry Maren, Who Handed Lollipop to Dorothy, Dies At 98

Published June 7, 2018 at 4:22 PM EDT

Actor Jerry Maren died last month. Maren was the central Lollipop League character who handed an enormous lollipop to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. John Fricke, a friend and biographer, remembers his friend.

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Corrected: June 8, 2018 at 12:00 AM EDT
A previous headline and Web introduction to this story said that Jerry Maren was the last living actor to portray a munchkin. It is not known for sure whether that is the case.
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