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The Famous 1945 Kiss

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Warren Brown
Mar 15, 2014
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Glenn McDuffie was the man made famous as the US Navy sailor whose kiss and clinch with a nurse in New York's Times Square celebrated the end of World War Two has died at the age of 86.

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Glenn McDuffie, who was 18 when the iconic photograph was taken, passed away at a nursing home in Dallas, Texas, last week and will be buried…

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