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Passings: George Mendonsa, Perhaps 'Kissing Sailor' in WWII photo, Dies at 95

By David Schonauer   Friday February 22, 2019

George Mendonsa, who made the most credible claim to being the sailor famously photographed kissing a woman in Times Square at the end of World War II, died on Sunday in Middletown, R.I, at age 95, notes The New York Times. The image, by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, …

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