Champions | Edith Shain

Edith Shain a nurse that famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York’s Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. Ms Shain didn't even know the guy who was smooching her at that time and his identity might never be known. It’s one of the most iconic pictures in American history. On August 14, 1945, World War II ended. In New York City’s famous Times Square, people gathered to celebrate. At the moment the war ended, a young nurse named Edith Shain was grabbed and kissed by a sailor in full uniform. The resulting picture, called Times Square Kiss, was front-page in Life Magazine and has become an American institution.

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