So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye to Maria Von Trapp, immortalized in the musical "Sound of Music" as one of the singing Von Trapp Family Singers
Last Member Of 'Sound Of Music' Family Dies
February 23, 2014

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Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died. She was 99. (Feb. 23)

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