Maria von Trapp , the last of the singing children immortalized in the movie musical `` The Sound of Music , '' died at her Vermont home of natural causes , her half-brother told CNN on Saturday . The native of Austria was 99 and lived in Stowe . She died Tuesday . Maria von Trapp was the third-oldest child of Agathe Whitehead and Capt . Georg von Trapp . The couple had seven children : Rupert , Agathe , Maria , Werner , Hedwig , Johanna and Martina . Georg von Trapp 's second wife , Maria Kutschera von Trapp , wrote a book titled `` The Story of the Trapp Family Singers , '' which sparked two German-made movies and `` The Sound of Music . '' In 1959 , the play `` The Sound of Music '' opened on Broadway . Julie Andrews , in arguably her most famous role , played the part of Georg 's wife , Maria , in the 1965 film . Christopher Plummer played Baron von Trapp . The movie won five Academy Awards , including best picture . Johannes , the youngest son of Maria and Georg von Trapp , issued a statement following his sister 's passing : `` Thank you for your thoughts . Maria had a wonderful life and while we will miss her , the memories of her will live on , '' Johannes wrote . Maria von Trapp later in life served as a lay missionary in Papua , New Guinea . She never married . Both of Maria 's parents were talented musicians . Agathe played the violin and the piano while her father played the violin , accordion and mandolin . `` Sometimes our house must have sounded like a musical conservatory . You could hear us practice piano , violin , guitar , cello , clarinet , accordion , and later , recorders . We would gather in the evenings to play Viennese folksongs on our instruments with Father leading on the violin , '' Maria wrote in her autobiography found on the Trapp Family Lodge 's website . Agathe von Trapp died of scarlet fever in 1922 . Maria also suffered from the disease and needed to be tutored at home as a result . That teacher , Maria , would eventually marry Georg in 1927 . The couple would go on to have three more children : Rosmarie , Eleonore and Johannes . The Trapps fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938 and moved to the United States . The Trapp family , after traveling the world , purchased a 27-room family home in Stowe in 1950 . Thirty years later , the building was destroyed in a fire , then rebuilt into the Trapp Family Lodge . The property is still owned and operated by remaining members of the Trapp family , according to the lodge 's website . The elder Maria von Trapp died in 1987 . People we 've lost in 2014 .
Maria von Weber dies at 99 in Vermont . She was one of the original family singers . Her father , stepmother left Austria before WWII . She became famous by ` ` The Sound of Music ''