Mickey Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the beloved 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," died Thursday. He was 89.
His caretaker, Linda Dodge, said Mr. Carroll died in his sleep at her home in suburban Crestwood. He had heart problems and received a pacemaker in February. Until January, he had lived in his own home in suburban Bel-Nor.
Mr. Carroll was one of more than 100 adults and children who were recruited to play the movie natives of what author L. Frank Baum called Munchkin Country in his 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
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