Last of the Munchkins Dies Aged 94 - 12th Apr 2010 8:12am
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Meinhardt Raabe, who played the munchkin coroner and proclaimed in the movie that the Wicked Witch of the East was "really most sincerely dead," died of a heart attack a the age of 94.
Raabe was one of the 124 munchkins in the 1939 film and one of only nine who had speaking parts. He was 22 years old and a showbusiness veteran, earning money for college as a "midget" performer.
Raabe was one of the 124 munchkins in the 1939 film and one of only nine who had speaking parts. He was 22 years old and a showbusiness veteran, earning money for college as a "midget" performer.
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