Tiny Doll, who appeared in The Wizard of Oz and Freaks died back in September. She was the last surving member of her family who were all on the short side. Tiny, born Elly Ann Schnieder on 23 July 1914 in Stolpen, Germany, was jusy 3ft 6in. She retired in 1960 to Sarasota, Florida.
She is survived by eight other munchkins.
Oh, come on: in the last six months alone, I alerted y’all to the passings of Lucile Layton, Henny Backus, Larry Buchanan, Jerry Scoggins, Katherine Victor, John Barrymore, Jr., Helmut Griem, Terry Melcher, Dayton Allen, Ed Kemmer, Mae Madison, Elizabeth Rogers, Rusty Allen, Howard Keel, Vaughn Meader, Richard Avedon, Izora Rhodes, Francoise Sagan, Russ Meyer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Virginia Grey, Joan Morgan, and Georgine Darcy . . .
But ya miss one Munchkin . . .
Maybe she thought it was a Geico commercial.
Maybe it was just under her radar…
OK, now I’m going to hell for sure…
But Tiny Doll couldn’t save you any money on car insurance.
I just hope that when I die, I get an epitaph as great as this.