Karl Slover dies at 93; among the last of the Munchkins
Karl Slover dies at 93; among the last of the Munchkins By Times staff and wire reports Nov. 17, 2011 12 AM PT Print A dwarf whose father sold him to circus performers, Karl Slover was performing in a vaudeville troupe called the Singer Midgets when he was cast as a Munchkin in the 1939 classic film " The Wizard of Oz.” The 4-foot, 4-inch Slover, one of the last of the actors who portrayed Munchkins, died Tuesday in a central Georgia hospital of cardiopulmonary arrest. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Nathan Stanley, a Laurens...
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