U.S. actor Jerry Maren, who portrayed a Munchkin in the 1939 hit film "The Wizard Of Oz", has died at the age of 98.
Maren had been the oldest surviving member of the group known in the musical as the Lollipop Guild. He died last week at a nursing facility in San Diego, California.
His cause of death has not been disclosed, but he had been living with dementia in the years leading up to his death.