LOS ANGELES: Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. “The Sound of Music lost a beloved member of the family w/ the passing of Charmian Carr. “I tell people that they should consider sing-a-long ‘Sound Of Music’ like going to a therapist,” she told The Associated Press before a 2005 appearance. Her clients included Michael Jackson and “Sound of Music” screenwriter Ernest Lehman. She is also survived by the six other actors who became part of cinematic history when they were cast as the von Trapp children.

Source: New Strait Times September 19, 2016 06:11 UTC