Lewis Nixon III was Richard Winters' best friend and had a significant role in both the war and in Band of Brothers. Nixon struggled with alcoholism throughout his life but eventually found peace and happiness with his third wife, Grace. Nixon passed away in 1995 at the age of 76 due to complications from diabetes, leaving behind a loving wife and an adventurous life well-lived.

Captain Lewis "Nix" Nixon III was Richard Winters' best friend, and their relationship was one of the most comforting elements throughout the run of HBO's universally acclaimed war drama Band of Brothers, and the friendship was important to the pair's actual fate. Throughout the course of World War II, Nixon established himself as a competent planner and operations officer, ascending to the rank of Captain and spending much of the war in intelligence operations. While Nixon never actually fired a weapon during the war, he was one...