Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played one of the singing Von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, "The Sound of Music," has died. Menzies-Urich played Louisa von Trapp, the third-oldest of the seven Von Trapp children, in the film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. "The Sound of Music" captured five Academy Awards, including best picture. Her husband, actor Robert Urich, died in 2002. After his death, Menzies-Urich established the Robert Urich Foundation to raise funds for cancer research.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 25, 2017 23:15 UTC