The sailor in the controversial "kiss" photo died at the age of 95.

Under the gaze of pedestrians, an American sailor warmly kissed a woman in a white uniform in Times Square to celebrate the long-awaited victory over Japan. This is one of a series of photos taken by alfred eisenstaedt. Alfred eisenstaedt/The Life Picture Collection/Getty) A man who claimed to be a sailor in the iconic kissing photo taken in Times Square at the end of World War II died on Sunday (1February 7) at the age of 95. In the painting; Be involved

This is one of a series of photos taken by photographer alfred eisenstaedt for Life magazine on August 6th, 2004. 1In June, 945, a US Navy sailor and a woman in a white uniform were locked in a seemingly warm embrace. According to the BBC, although their names were not recorded at that time, now people think they are George Mendenza and Greta Friedman.

But Mendenza and Friedman died on 20 16 at the age of 92. They were strangers when they caught her and kissed her. Time magazine wrote in 20 14 that although this photo has long been regarded as a celebration and romance, many people think that this involuntary kiss is "a very public sexual assault". [Six ways of sexual harassment endangering women's health]

Mendoza's daughter Sharon Moeller told the Providence Daily that Mendoza had a seizure after falling in an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, and died in the early hours of the morning.

Eisenstad took a photo on American V-J Day (Japan Victory Day). Japanese officials have just announced their surrender, and World War II is finally over. When the news spread all over the country, people were in high spirits. According to Time magazine, "the country is untied",

Eisenstad strolled in Times Square with his Leica camera. When he "saw something white being caught", he took a fancy to a happy sailor. In Eisenstad on Eisenstad: Self-portrait (Eisenstad Press, 1985), he wrote:

"The moment the sailor kissed the nurse, I turned around and clicked." If she was wearing dark clothes, I would never take this photo, "Eisenstad wrote.

Friedman is a dental assistant, not a nurse. She told the Veterans History Project in 2005 that she left the office and watched the news about V-J Day.

"I was suddenly caught by a sailor," Friedman said. She added: "This is not a kiss, but more like an act of celebration. He doesn't have to go back. "

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"Although this photo has always been regarded as" romantic ",the kiss was not agreed by both sides. (alfred eisenstaedt/The Life Picture Collection/Getty) According to the report of * * *(The Life Picture Collection), in the decades after this photo was taken, 1 1 men and three women came forward to claim that they were the subjects of the photo, but Friedman was "most likely" the woman in the photo. According to the British "Times" report, in 2005, the three-dimensional digital map of Mendenza's face showed that his face almost perfectly matched the face of the man holding Friedman in the photo.

The name of that moment is "V-J Day in Times Square", but according to The Times, this moment is also called "Kiss". The Times 1995 wrote in Aizenstat's obituary that this photo appeared on the cover of Life and was regarded as the most famous image of Aizenstat and a "classic example of news photography". But it also raises a disturbing question, that is, whether this involuntary behavior is powerful.

That day, Mendenza "had a few drinks" in the bar, and then went to Times Square with his girlfriend. When Friedman's white uniform caught his attention, he told the Veterans History Project in 2005. Mendenza mistakenly thought he was a nurse and explained in the interview that he had a "good impression" on nurses.

"It's a uniform," Mendenza said. I believe that if that girl hadn't worn a nurse's uniform, I would never have caught her.

This incident is definitely not Friedman's "romantic event". In an interview with the Veterans History Project, she said:

"He is very strong, just holding me tightly." It's not the sound of kissing my chest. This guy just came over and kissed or scratched.

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