{"id":6543,"date":"2011-11-16T06:06:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T11:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=6543"},"modified":"2011-11-16T06:24:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T11:24:35","slug":"down-one-munchkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2011\/11\/16\/down-one-munchkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Down One Munchkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad news, as the world wakes up one Munchkin short this morning. Karl Slover – lead trumpeter of the Munchkin Band – passed away at the age of 93 yesterday afternoon<\/a>. On a bright note, he died in Georgia, so he’s almost surely in a better place today. Among the hardest hit by the news was Gerry Sandusky, who for some reason felt a special connection to the Wizard of Oz and Munchkins. <\/p>\n

“Those Munchkins really touched me as a kid, and I’ve spent the rest of my life trying to touch them back,” Sandusky was quoted as saying.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As you know, we have a special connection to Munchkins and the Wizard of Oz in theses parts too, because, like pretty much anyone who’s anyone, the author of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum – was from here (or went to school here, or lived here for a while, or drove through here on the way to somewhere else). <\/p>\n

At any rate, this is very disturbing news because, guess what? We’re down to three Munchkins here, folks, and these little buggers are irreplaceable. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. <\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but I don’t wanna live in a world without Munchkins.<\/p>\n