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| George A. Mendonsa, the sailor and the nurse Greta Z. Friedman holding their iconic photograph. |
George Mendonsa, the sailor kissing nurse Greta Zimmer Friedman in the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt has died Sunday at an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island just two days short of his 96th birthday, according to his family members.
Known to most as simply "The Kiss", the famous photo shows people celebrating in the streets of New York City on August 14th, 1945 and Mendonsa kissing a random woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform after the news that Japan has surrendered to the United States on "Victory over Japan Day" or "V-J Day".
