Last of ‘Sound of Music’s’ von Trapp singers dies

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The last surviving member of the Austrian musical family, the von Trapps, died on Tuesday, February 18, her half brother told American media on Saturday. Maria Franziska von Trapp was 99 when she died in her Vermont home from natural causes. The story of her family’s escape from the Nazis was immortalized in the movie, “The Sound of Music.” Starring Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews in the lead roles, the movie won 5 Academy Awards and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

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