Updated: February 23, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Maria Von Trapp - inspiration for The Sound of Music
The family won acclaim throughout Europe for their singing and escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. AP
Maria von Trapp, daughter of Austrian Baron Georg von Trapp, prepares to play a guitar and sing with traditionally dressed children in front of her former home, Villa Trapp, in Salzburg in 2008. Reuters
Their story was turned into the film and Broadway musical, The Sound of Music. Maria von Trapp is the second youngest girl and was portrayed as Louisa in The Sound of Music (centre) . Courtesy 20th Century Fox
Julie Andrews starred as Maria, a governess who was brought in to look after the Von Trapp children and later married Captain Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp. Courtesy 20th Century Fox
The Von Trapp family in 1965 at their Vermont hotel. Ted Russell/Getty Images
The Von Trapp family story was also recently made into an American TV show. AP