# R.I.P. Charmian Carr

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charmian-carr/766338 "2016-09-19T09:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charmian-carr/766338/1 "2016-09-19T09:24:21Z")

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[Charmian Carr](http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/18/us/liesl-sound-of-music-dies/index.html), who played Liesl in the film version of “The Sound of Music,” has died at 73.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charmian-carr/766338/2 "2016-09-19T09:34:32Z")

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So long. Farewell. Auf Wiedersehen. Good night.

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**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charmian-carr/766338/3 "2016-09-19T10:01:17Z")

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And yet the actors who played her parents (father and stepmother) are still alive. It had to happen sooner or later, but The Sound of Music has always been my favorite example of a movie where most of the main cast was surprisingly still alive.

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**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charmian-carr/766338/4 "2016-09-19T12:57:49Z")

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> [@Eliahna](#):
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> And yet the actors who played her parents (father and stepmother) are still alive.

Seeing as they were only 13 and 7 years older than her, respectively, that’s not so odd.