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In this Aug. 14, 1945, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square, as people celebrate the end of World War II. The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. It was years after the photo was taken that Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, were confirmed to be the couple. (Victor Jorgensen/U.S. Navy, File)

George Mendonsa, sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo, dies at 95

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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1945 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a nurse kiss passionately in Manhattan's Times Square, as New York City celebrates the end of World War II. The woman who was kissed by an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died at the age of 92. Greta Zimmer Friedman's son says his mother died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia. She died from complications of old age, he said. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy/Victor Jorgensen, File)

Greta Zimmer Friedman dies; kissed sailor in World War II iconic photo

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 14, 1945, picture, a sailor and a nurse kiss in Manhattan's Times Square during celebrations for the end of World War II. The celebration followed the official announcement that Japan had accepted the terms of the Potsdam Conference and surrendered. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Victor Jorgensen)

Greta Zimmer Friedman, ‘nurse’ in iconic Times Square kiss photo, dead at 92

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times