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Known for:	Willow, Legend, Masters of the Universe
Birth name:	William John Bertanzetti
Birthday:	25 October 1924, Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
Height:	3' 9" (1.14 m)

Hospitalized overnight for injuries from a motor scooter accident during a parade. [28 May 1999] Founder of 'The Little People of America Inc', a philanthropic organization of which no one taller than 4 ft 6 inches can become a member. Father of Braden Barty. Has a daughter, Lori. His funeral was held at the Church of Jesus Christ at Latter-day Saints in North Hollywood, California on December 27, 2000. Billy died at 9:20 a.m. PST at Glendale Memorial Hospital after a two week stay with lung and heart problems. He was a noted crusader for the greater public knowledge and social acceptance of dwarfs and was angered at his contemporary with a similar condition, Hervé Villechaize, for hampering his efforts by publicly insisting that he (Villechaize) was a midget instead. Mr. Barty hosted his own daily kids TV show, "Billy Barty's Big Top", where he entertained and informed his viewers and studio audiences in between reruns of "The Three Stooges" films. It was seen weekday afternoons on KTTV Ch.11 in Hollywood, California from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. In 1991, after the first Gulf War, Rush Limbaugh, on his radio show, spoke of making a movie about it. When somebody suggested casting Billy Barty, Limbaugh said he was dead; however, the next day, Barty, who admitted he listened to Limbaugh's show regularly but had missed it that day, called in to prove otherwise. Granddaughter, Tina. He was on the Board with former President Bush to help pass the American's with Disabilities Act. Audio book: "Highlights from Within Reach", available only from the official web-site. [October 2005]

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