#MeToo Sprayed on Kissing Sailor Statue After Veteran’s Death

George Mendonsa, better known as the ‘kissing sailor’, died on Sunday at the age of 95.

George Mendonsa, the US sailor who was photographed kissing a woman in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two, passed away on Sunday, 17 February at the age of 95, according to The Guardian. Mendonsa’s daughter has said that she got a call on Sunday, informing her that he had fallen and moments later had a seizure and died, at a care home in Middletown, Rhode Island.

As mentioned in the History website, the ‘iconic’ photograph was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine and got Mendonsa the name ‘kissing sailor’. The picture is also called the ‘V-J Day in Times Square’ picture, as was established by Life magazine. The woman seen in the photo was later identified as Greta Friedman.