Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, center with black hat, honors The Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" as they receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on November 20, 2007. The Munchkins from left: Clarence Swensen, a Munchkin soldier, Jerry Maren, part of the Lollipop Guild; Karl Slover, the Main Trumpeter; Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin villager; Margaret Pelligrini, the 'sleepyhead' Munchkin and Meinhardt Raabe, the coroner. Back row from left: Ted Bulthaup, star sponsor and owner of a Trip to the Movies Theatre in Chicago, Hollywood Chamber Chairman Jeff Briggs, Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, Johnny Grant, Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles Councilman, and Leron Gubler, Chamber President & CEO. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen). |
License PhotoThere are now only three surviving actors who played munchkins in the 1939 fantasy flick, the celebrity news Web site said
Slover took part in a "Wizard of Oz"-themed event in Chicago last week.
