Sailor in Iconic V-J Day Times Square Kiss Photo Dies at 95

Sailor in Iconic V-J Day Times Square Kiss Photo Dies at 95
A sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square, as people celebrate the end of World War II. Victor Jorgensen/U.S. Navy, File
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died on Feb. 17. George Mendonsa was 95.

Mendonsa fell and had a seizure at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years, his daughter, Sharon Molleur, told The Providence Journal.