Eleonore “Lorli” von Trapp Campbell died Sunday in Northfield, Vermont.
The second daughter of Maria von Trapp, whose Austrian family was famous for being depicted in the musical and beloved movie “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 90.Campbell was born in Salzburg, Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in stage and film.
While McAndrew said they all knew every word from “The Sound of Music,” they also knew the songs the family sang while touring North America, long before the musicals. Campbell’s father, Austrian naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp, had seven children who were the basis for the singing family in the musical and film. Maria married the captain after Whitehead von Trapp died and taught her new stepchildren music. They are all now deceased.Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp went on to have three more children, who were not depicted in the movie; Campbell was the second.