Nurse in famous WWII Times Square kiss photo has died

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edith-shain-kiss.jpgThe Associated Press, 2008Edith Shain re-enacts the famous photo's embrace in 2008 with a member of the cast of the musical South Pacific in New York. Shain has died at age 91. See the original photo from Life magazine.

Edith Shain, the nurse who was captured in an iconic photograph being kissed by a celebrating sailor in Times Square on V-J Day, died Sunday at age 91.

Shain had been working at Doctor's Hospital in New York City on Aug. 14, 1945 when she was grabbed and smooched by an unknown soldier, Reuters reported. Alfred Eisenstaedt's photo of the moment was published in Life magazine and became famous.

» WWII nurse in iconic Times Square kissing photo dies [Reuters]
» Shain said in 2008 she regretted never getting the sailor's number [New York Daily News]
» See the original photo [Life]

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