‘Sound of Music’ actress Heather Menzies-Urich, dead

Heather Menzies-Urich, the star actress who
portrayed Louisa von Trapp in The Sound Of
Music, has died aged 68.
Heather death was announced by the estate of
the musical’s creators, Rodgers & Hammerstein,
on Christmas Day.
According to her son to US news site, TMZ, the
Canadian-born Menzies-Urich was diagnosed with
brain cancer around four weeks ago and died on
Christmas Eve surrounded by her family.
“She was an actress, a ballerina and loved living
her life to the fullest,” he said.
“She was not in any pain but, nearly four weeks
after her diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, she
had enough and took her last breath on this earth
at 7:22 pm,”.
Rodgers & Hammerstein president Ted
Chapin said: “Heather was part of ‘the
family’. There is really no other way to describe
the members of the cast of the movie of ‘The
Sound of Music’.
“And of ‘the kids’, Heather was a cheerful and
positive member of the group, always hoping for
the next gathering. We are all lucky to have
known her, and she will happily live on in that
beautiful movie. We will miss her.”
She was a 14-year-old with no acting experience
when she landed the part of third-oldest von
Trapp daughter, Louisa, in 1964