TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post

Sound of Music' star Menzies-Urich dead: industry

News Desk (Agence France-Presse)
Los Angeles, United States
Tue, December 26, 2017

Share This Article

Change Size

Sound of Music' star Menzies-Urich dead: industry (L-R) Debbie Turner, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kym Karath attend the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Gala 50th anniversary screening of (Shutterstock/File)

H

eather Menzies-Urich, a star of "The Sound of Music," which continues to win hearts worldwide after more than half a century, died at age 68, an industry source said Monday.

"We... mourn the passing of Heather Menzies-Urich," the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, which holds the rights to the musical, said on its website.

"We are all lucky to have known her, and she will happily live on in that beautiful movie. We will miss her."

Menzies-Urich, then a teenager, had the role of Louisa von Trapp, one of the children of Captain von Trapp played by Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, who starred with English actress Julie Andrews.

Read also: The sound of music from an orphanage

Menzies-Urich's son, Ryan Urich, said she had been diagnosed with brain cancer and died on Christmas Eve surrounded by family, according to celebrity website TMZ, as well as Variety magazine's website.

Menzies-Urich was born in Toronto, Canada.

Her husband Robert Urich died from cancer in 2002. He was a US television star who shot to fame in the 1970s through his series "Vegas" and "Spenser: For Hire."

After his death, Menzies-Urich founded The Robert Urich Foundation to support cancer research and patient care. On the group's website, she wrote that she tried to live by her late husband's motto: "Never give up -- never, ever give up."

"The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway in 1959 and was made into a movie in 1965 with memorable hit songs including "My Favorite Things," "Edelweiss," and the title track itself.

{

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Enter at least 30 characters
0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.