Maria von Trapp dies at 99 in Vermont. She was one of the original family singers. Her father, stepmother left Austria before WWII. Story made famous by "The Sound of Music" ...

Maria von Trapp died Tuesday in Stowe, Vt, of natural causes, Rebecca Cassel, executive assistant with the Trapp Family Lodge, told the Daily News. She was 99 years old, Cassel said.

STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Maria von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for “The Sound of Music,” has died, her brother said Saturday. Von ...

“Maria had a wonderful life and while we will miss her, the memories of her will live on,” her half-brother, Johannes von Trapp, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive statement. He also thanked fans ...

Maria Franziska von Trapp, the last surviving sibling of the original singing von Trapp family whose story inspired "The Sound of Music," has died in Vermont. She was 99 years old.

See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2014 Born in 1914, Maria lived in Salzburg, Austria until 1938 when her family fled from the Nazis. She was the second-eldest daughter of Baron von Trapp.

STOWE, Vt. - Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member and second-eldest daughter of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died.

Maria Von Trapp, Inspiration for ‘Sound of Music,’ Dies at 99. UPDATED: The last of seven siblings, she toured the United States and Europe with her family, which inspired the 1965 Rodgers and ...

The real Maria von Trapp was born in 1905 in what was then Austria-Hungry. Both her parents died when she was young, and Maria went on to live with an uncle who was not very kind to her.

Maria von Trapp, daughter of Austrian Baron Georg von Trapp, at the Villa Trapp in Salzburg, Austria in 2008. She has died aged 99. Credit: AP "It was a surprise that she was the one in the family ...