London, Feb 23: Maria Franziska, the last surviving sibling of the von Trapp family that served as an inspiration for 1965's musical hit 'The Sound of Music', has passed away in her sleep. She was 99.
A family friend said that it was a surprise that Franziska was the one in the family to live the longest because ever since she was a child she suffered from a weak heart, the Daily Express reported.
The unidentified friend claimed that Franziska's condition was the reason her father decided to hire Maria von Trapp to teach her and her brothers and sisters.
That of course then led to one of the most remarkable.
A family friend said that it was a surprise that Franziska was the one in the family to live the longest because ever since she was a child she suffered from a weak heart, the Daily Express reported.
The unidentified friend claimed that Franziska's condition was the reason her father decided to hire Maria von Trapp to teach her and her brothers and sisters.
That of course then led to one of the most remarkable.
- 2/23/2014
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Maria von Trapp - whose family inspired The Sound of Music - has died, aged 99.
A spokesperson for her family has confirmed that von Trapp died while sleeping at her home in Vermont last Tuesday (February 18).
Her half-brother Johannes von Trapp said in a press statement: "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people.
"There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."
The Trapp Family Singers left Austria during World War II to seek asylum in the Us, where they found much success.
Maria was the third-oldest of seven children in the von Trapp family. Her step-mother Maria Kutschera von Trapp immortalised the family's history in her memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.
It was that book that inspired a German movie that was subsequently adapted by Richard Rodgers and...
A spokesperson for her family has confirmed that von Trapp died while sleeping at her home in Vermont last Tuesday (February 18).
Her half-brother Johannes von Trapp said in a press statement: "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people.
"There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."
The Trapp Family Singers left Austria during World War II to seek asylum in the Us, where they found much success.
Maria was the third-oldest of seven children in the von Trapp family. Her step-mother Maria Kutschera von Trapp immortalised the family's history in her memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.
It was that book that inspired a German movie that was subsequently adapted by Richard Rodgers and...
- 2/23/2014
- Digital Spy
Maria von Trapp - whose life inspired The Sound of Music - has died, aged 99.
A spokesperson for her family has confirmed that von Trapp died while sleeping at her home in Vermont last Tuesday (February 18).
Her half-brother Johannes von Trapp said in a press statement: "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people.
"There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."
The Trapp Family Singers left Austria during World War II to seek asylum in the Us, where they found much success.
It was Maria's musical family that inspired a German movie that was later adapted by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II into a much-loved Sound of Music stage musical in 1959.
Julie Andrews later starred in a classic film adaptation of The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise.
Carrie Underwood...
A spokesperson for her family has confirmed that von Trapp died while sleeping at her home in Vermont last Tuesday (February 18).
Her half-brother Johannes von Trapp said in a press statement: "She was a lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people.
"There wasn't a mean or miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who knew her would agree with that."
The Trapp Family Singers left Austria during World War II to seek asylum in the Us, where they found much success.
It was Maria's musical family that inspired a German movie that was later adapted by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II into a much-loved Sound of Music stage musical in 1959.
Julie Andrews later starred in a classic film adaptation of The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise.
Carrie Underwood...
- 2/23/2014
- Digital Spy
Maria von Trapp dead at 99: ‘The Sound of Music’ character played by Heather Menzies was last surviving member of the singing von Trapp family (photo: The singing von Trapp family) Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the singing von Trapp family portrayed in The Sound of Music, died in her sleep at her Vermont home on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Baron Georg von Trapp’s second-eldest daughter, Maria Franziska (born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria, in 1914) was 99. Heather Menzies played Baron von Trapp’s second-eldest daughter, renamed Louisa von Trapp, in 20th Century Fox’s 1965 blockbuster directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews as singing nun-to-be Maria Kutschera (later Baroness Maria von Trapp) and Christopher Plummer as the Baron. (See Heather Menzies, Charmian Carr, Kym Karath, and Angela Cartwright at 2008 event.) Financially ruined during the Great Depression, Baron von Trapp and his family began performing as a...
- 2/23/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Maria Franziska von Trapp, whose family's story was told in The Sound of Music, has died. She was the last surviving member of the musical family of seven brothers and sisters and passed away in her sleep at home in Vermont at the age of 99 on Tuesday, People confirms. Von Trapp, who was the second-eldest daughter, and her family fled their home in Austria to escape from the Nazis in the 1930s and eventually ended up in the U.S., where their story inspired a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical and the popular 1965 movie starring Julie Andrews. "Maria had a wonderful life...
- 2/22/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
Maria Von Trapp, the last surviving member of the famous Trapp family, has died at the age of 99. Von Trapp was the last surviving member of the Austrian family of seven brothers and sisters and died in her sleep at her Vermont home. "It was a surprise that she was the one in the family to live the longest because ever since she was a child she suffered from a weak heart," family friend Marianne Dorfer told the Austrian Times. "It was the fact that she suffered [...]...
- 2/22/2014
- Us Weekly
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