Maria Von Trapp has died. She was 99

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RIP Maria. I read on the BBC that as a child, she was thought to have had a “weak heart”. It served her very well, as she reached a great age!
 
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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.
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Von Trapp died at her home in Vermont on Tuesday, according to her brother Johannes von Trapp.
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Regardless, sad to hear of her passing. RIP and Lord have mercy!
 
I had no clue that this was a real family.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Trapp
The book was later adapted into The Sound of Music, the successful Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which resulted in a popular U.S. motion picture. The Sound of Music, with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway in the fall of 1959, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. It was a success, running for more than three years. The film version set box office records, and she received about $500,000 ($4.05 million today) in royalties.[4] Maria von Trapp makes a cameo appearance in the movie version of The Sound of Music (1965). She’s kneeling at a kneeler with another nun while you hear the nuns singing at the beginning of the movie. 😃 ] For an instant, she, her daughter Rosmarie, and Werner’s daughter Barbara can be seen walking past an archway during the song, “I Have Confidence”, at the line, “I must stop these doubts, all these worries/If I don’t, I just know I’ll turn back.”[13] I never noticed that. I’ll have to look for it. 😃 ] Maria von Trapp sang “Edelweiss” with Julie Andrews on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973.
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Born Maria Augusta Kutschera
26 January 1905
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died 28 March 1987 (aged 82) Did she die again? :bigyikes: Wouldn’t she be 109 ? 😃
Morrisville, Vermont, USA
Spouse(s) Georg Johannes von Trapp (m. 1927-1947, his death)
Children Rosmarie von Trapp (b. 1928)[1] Eleonore von Trapp (b. 1931)
Johannes von Trapp (b. 1939
 
I LOVED “Sound of Music”! It started a life-long
desire to be a singer, and that is what I am!
Praise the Lord for Maria Von Trapp!
 
empther said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Trapp

Born Maria Augusta Kutschera
26 January 1905
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died 28 March 1987 (aged 82) Did she die again? :bigyikes: Wouldn’t she be 109 ? 😃
Morrisville, Vermont, USA
Spouse(s) Georg Johannes von Trapp (m. 1927-1947, his death)
Children Rosmarie von Trapp (b. 1928)[1] Eleonore von Trapp (b. 1931)
Johannes von Trapp (b. 1939
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This Maria was Georg’s daughter by his first wife. Supposedly, she was represented by the character “Louisa” in the film.
 
When I was in elementary school I read “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” by Maria von Trapp. It was very different from the movie…and told a very interesting story of her married life in Austria, what happened when the war began, how they immigrated to America and toured as a family singing group, and eventually settled in Vermont. She was a very faith-filled woman, and it’s a great story.

I did a little online reading, and most of the von Trapp children lived to ripe old ages.
 
When I was a teenager, my brother brought home a tape of the von Trapp Family Singers with a number of songs on it, none in English. The singing was quite amazing. I would lie on my bed and listen, nearly in a hypnotic state. The songs were nothing like the movie, but they were enjoyable.
 
KendraDZ1902 said:
I had no clue that this was a real family.
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Indeed! There were certain “adaptations” to their story made for the sake of the musical, such as the names & number of children and the relative time span covered by events, and whatever else goes into making a good show (like apparently the father wasn’t nearly so stern). But I’ve seen their descendants singing on TV.
 
I think I need to dust off my DVD of The Sound of Music and watch it again… it’s been a while, but it’s one of those movies I could probably still quote word for word… 🙂
 
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