‘No place like home’: Judy Garland’s hometown raising funds to buy stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers (2024)

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A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” because he wanted to pull off “one last score” was given no prison time at his sentencing hearing Monday. Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers adorned with sequins and glass beads…

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — The Minnesota hometown of Judy Garland, the actress who wore a pair of ruby slippers in “The Wizard of Oz,” is raising money to purchase the prized footwear after it was stolen from a local museum and then later turned over to an auction company.

‘No place like home’: Judy Garland’s hometown raising funds to buy stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers (3)

‘No place like home’: Judy Garland’s hometown raising funds to buy stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers (4)

Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where the late actress was born in 1922, is fundraising at its annualJudy Garland festival, which kicks off Thursday. The north Minnesota town is soliciting donations to bring the slippers back after an auction company takes them on an international tour before offering them up to prospective buyers in December.

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