Claim: A lovelorn actor portraying one of the munchkins hanged himself on the set during the filming of <I>The Wizard of Oz.</I>
Fact-check: FACT CHECK: Does 'The Wizard of Oz' Include a Munchkin Suicide?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Mikkelson
Date published: 1997-12-13T00:00:00