Ding-Dong! The Munchkin is Dead.

Ruth Duccini, who made a career out of an uncredited appearance in a movie about a murder spree in a surreal landscape, has died at the age of 95. The last surviving female Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz, Duccini’s screen career included one other credit, 1981’s making of The Wizard of Oz mockumentary Under the Rainbow. Unlike the rest of the little Uncle Toms, Duccini generally refused to wear a replica of her Munchkin costume during appearances. While she was grateful for the publicity events and the gig at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, she often complained that she and her fellow little people came up short when it came to merchandising residuals for the use of their likenesses from the original movie. Given the sparsity of her career, not surprisingly, Duccini said her proudest achievement was her time spent working at a defense plant during World War II, where as one of the tiniest Rosie the Riveters, she was able to get to places others couldn’t. With her death, Jerry Maren is the last survivor among the original 124 little Yellow Brick Road pedestrians.