Last living munchkin from Wizard of Oz dies  

indeed, it is like losing a friend. some of them we looked up to and wanted to be either like them or the character they portrayed. some of them set good examples for us when we were growing up, good old fashioned tv that had family values and morals. its a shame it cant still be like that. i guess that there are not too many 'greats' left now is there? i had the same thoughts about all of them being gone now when i watched the old rerun of the 'whats my line' game show on cable the other night. somewhere on the net, i found a website on actors/actresses and what they all died from, what age they died, etc. it was pretty depressing to see how some of their lives ended, like kitty carlisle. she died of a drug overdose?!?!?!? i was shocked.

it makes me sad too to see the ones i grew up watching all passing away or already gone. it happens though as we get older and thats a bit depressing for me. it tells me that i'm also getting old or older. the one who really got to me was red skelton, when he died. he too was an all time great and i just loved watching his show when i was growing up. thank goodness some of those tv series are coming out on dvd now. it gives us a chance to re-live those old time tv shows.

I used to watch Red Skelton as well. I bought a DVD set of his shows and my sons LOVE watching them! I was surprised at their reaction because, well, you know, they're young and more involved in bang-bang, shoot-em-up type movies and shows. But, they laugh themselves silly over Red Skelton. I always loved his "God Bless" at the end of each of his shows.

Yeah, sadly, it does remind us that we're getting older. When John Ritter died at the age of 54, the same year that my sister passed away also at age 54, it really got me thinking about my own life.

We've got to get busy living, or get busy dying. That saying is so true because we never know how long we have.

Oh, I just got word that my ex-brother-in-law just recently passed away, ALSO at age 54! Although I haven't seen him in decades (he was my first husband's brother), it still hit pretty hard. That's just too young!

At least Mickey lived a good, long life, huh?

see my reply to sharla on which one he was. i too will be watching it again soon just to see him! oh, he was so down to earth, never had the 'hollywood ego' that screamed 'i am a star'! he was just a normal, everyday type person who had just the sweetest disposition ever!

I'll bet that when they made that movie, none of them knew it would turn out being a great classic! I hope he died happy knowing that!

Hi flutter! no one seems to remember which one he was . i just gave sharla the answer to which one he was so now, the next time we see the movie, we'll all know for sure which one he was! What shocked me was the fact that he lived right here in st. louis about 5 miles from me! He sure did have the talent though, didn't he! He was amazing!

I had to google it to find out which munchkin he was as I couldn't remember. He was the one who led the parade down the yellow brick road, he was carrying or playing a violin. Now the next time you watch the movie with your grand daughter, you know now for sure which one he was! LOL!

I do believe he was the last remaining cast member. he would have turned 90 in july, nice long life!

yup, he was from st. louis, took free dance lessons at the fox theatre and thats what i think got him hooked on performing. once he got out of acting, he came back home to run the family business, making headstones. (i wonder which one/company name). he lived in crestwood