When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
Leading Blog
JANUARY 17, 2015
'100 years ago this week—January 10, 1915— Marshall Pinckney Wilder died. He was an American dwarf actor and humorist. Wilder was born with achondroplasia or dwarfism and also kyphosis or curvature of the spine. He became the first celebrity who attained fame in spite of his disability. He wrote a lot and always signed his letters, “Merrily Yours!” In 1883 he made a trip to London and performed before the then Prince of Wales who later went on to become King Edward VII.
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