The last surviving member of the original Trapp Family Singers, whose story inspired the musical The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 99.
Maria von Trapp passed away at her home in Vermont her half-brother Johannes von Trapp told the Associated Press.
The Von Trapps fled Nazi-occupied Austria and ended up performing in the US, their story inspired the musical The Sound of Music.
Maria was the third child and daughter of naval captain Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp.
It was their seven children who were the basis for the singing family in the Broadway musical and 1965 film starring Julie Andrews.
May she rest in peace.
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