It’s no doubt one of the most famous images of all time. A sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, celebrating the end of World War II. Now the man in the photo, George Mendonsa, has passed away at the age of 95.
ABC writes:
Mendonsa was shown kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945 — known as V-J Day, the day Japan surrendered to the United States. People spilled into the New York City streets to celebrate the news.
Mendonsa planted a kiss on Friedman, whom he had never met.
An iconic photo of the kiss by Alfred Eisenstaedt was first published in Life magazine and is called “V-J Day in Times Square,” but is known to most as “The Kiss.”
Friedman died three years ago at the age of 92.
Watch ABC’s story above.