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The Von Trapp Family Timeline

Their story inspired The Sound of Music, but the facts are more inspiring than fiction. How the real Von Trapp family persevered.
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Maria

March 28, 1987

Maria dies and is buried in the family cemetery at the Trapp Family Lodge. 

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Photo: Courtesy of the Von Trapp Family
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