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Ruth Robinson Duccini, one of the last Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz," signs a movie poster for the film's 60th anniversary in 1999 at Chittenango High School. Duccini died Thursday.

(Photo by Nicholas Lisi)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The second-to-last surviving little person to play a Munchkin in the film classic "The Wizard of Oz" has died.

Ruth Robinson Duccini, 95, died Thursday morning in Las Vegas, according to Colleen Zimmer, the co-director of Oz-Stravaganza in Chittenango.

Duccini was a 20-year-old from Minnesota when she traveled to Hollywood decades ago and worked as a Munchkin. She was the only surviving female little person from the movie.

The last surviving little person from the film is now Jerry Maren, the Lollipop Guild Munchkin, age 93.

A handful of child actors were also cast as Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz.." At least one of them, Priscilla Montgomery Clark, appeared at the premiere of "The Wizard of Oz in 3D" in September. Duccini also attended the premiere.