Saturday, April 10, 2010

A short death announcement about a short guy who announced deaths



Meinhardt Raabe, the coroner from The Wizard of Oz, died yesterday at the age of 94. The last living Munchkin with a speaking part, Raabe starred in exactly 1 movie... in 1939... and spent the rest of his life in character. No seriously, he sat around in that costume basically 24/7 telling anyone who would listen. We should all aspire to such a life. Now normally, I'd make some witty observations, a one liner or two, but come on, make me work for it. This one's just too easy. Read more HERE.


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