The nurse whose celebratory V-J Day kiss with an exuberant sailor in Times Square was immortalized in an iconic photograph has died.
Edith Shain was 91 and passed away without ever really knowing for sure who planted the kiss on her while photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured the epic moment with his camera.
While Shain waited until the 1970s to come forward to say she was the woman in the Life magazine picture, the identity of the sailor remains in dispute.
“In retrospect, I should have said, ‘Hey, wait a minute!” and gotten his name and number, Shain told The Daily News in 2008.
For the remainder of her life, Shain continued to honor World War II veterans by attending wreath layings, parades and other memorial events.