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The sailor in the iconic photo of a kiss in Times Square at the end of World War II has died

(Connie Grosch | Providence Journal via AP) In this July 2, 2009, photo George Mendonsa poses for a photo in Middletown, R.I., holding a copy of the famous Alfred Eisenstadt photo of Mendonsa kissing a woman in a nurse's uniform in Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945, while celebrating the end of World War II, left. Mendonsa died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. He was 95.