A graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1937 with a Bachelor's Degree in accounting and earned an Masters of Business Administration degree from Drexel University in 1970.
He is survived by his sister, Marion Raabe Ziegelmann of Watertown, Wisconsin.
He served in the United States Civil Air Patrol in World War II as an aviator.
He was one of nine Munchkins to have had a speaking part in the Wizard of Oz.
He was only 3 foot 6 aged 21 in 1937 but grew another 1 foot 1 inches over the next few tears to reach a maximum height of 4 foot 7 .
Resides at Penny Farms Retirement Community outside of Jacksonville, Florida.
The first MGM Munchkin to become a card carrying member of the The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc.
The location of the Munchkins' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is 6915 Hollywood Blvd.
The Raabes' station wagon crashed into a van that had stopped for a turn near their home at the Penney Farms retirement community. Marie died of injuries sustained in the accident, and Meinhardt and a van passenger were injured. [21 October 1997]
When the Hollywood Walk Of Fame star dedicated to the 124 Munchkin actors's was unveiled in 2007, Raabe attended the ceremony, dressed in a huge hat with a rolled brim, as seen in the film. He also spoke his famous line from the movie to the fans present. At the time he was one of only seven of the group left. He delighted fans by reciting his most famous line: "As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her. And she's not only merely dead. She's really most sincerely dead.".
Worked for many decades as a spokesman for Oscar Mayer, where he was known as "Little Oscar, World's Smallest Chef". He traveled in the first Wienermobile, produced in 1936.