'Oz' Munchkin Karl Slover dies

Karl Slover, who performed among the Munchkins in 1939 classic film "The Wizard of Oz," died Tuesday in Dublin, Ga. He was 93.Some-feet-5 Slover performed charge trumpeter within the Munchkins' band.He made an appearance in a "Wizard of Oz" festival in Chesterton, Ind., in September and signed autographs.A local of what's the Czech Republic, Slover was 2 ft tall at 8, and the father sent him to operate inside a traveling show. He transformed his surname from Kosiczky to Slover, the title from the family that possessed the circus where he labored, and grew to become a united states citizen in 1943.Slover, who had been 21 when he made an appearance in "The Wizard of Oz," also had roles in "They Gave Him a Gun" (1937), classic screwball comedy "Discussing Baby" (1938), "Block-Heads" (1938) and all sorts of-midget Western "The Terror of Small Town" (1938) he performed an infant a couple of years later in Billy Wilder's classic alcoholic-bender film "The Lost Weekend" (1945).A lot more lately, Slover made looks in many "Oz"-related documentaries, including "We are Off and away to Begin to see the Munchkins" (1993), "I Married a Munchkin" (1994) and "Reminiscences of Oz" (2001). Younger crowd made an appearance on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "Entertainment Tonight."(Connected Press led for this report.) Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com