She was half of one of the most iconic photos of the 20th Century.
Greta Zimmer Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in Times Square on V-J Day in 1945, has died, her son Joshua Friedman told The Post. She was 92.
Friedman died Thursday in a Richmond, Va. hospital after a bout with pneumonia.
Friedman had been ill for some time and had moved into an assisted living facility two years ago, her son said.
The romantic kiss seen around the world was published in Life magazine. Legendary Life lensman Alfred Eisenstaedt captured the dramatic moment on Aug. 14, 1945. The image was published weeks later. The mystery couple made headlines in 1980 when Life magazine re-published the iconic photo in search of the pair.
The identities of the smooching sailor and the nurse were finally revealed in a 2012 book, “The Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II.”
The picture shows Friedman, smacking lips with George Mendonsa as crowds celebrate the Japanese surrender and end of World War II.
An ecstatic Mendonsa, a sailor on leave, sought out and dipped the 21-year-old dental assistant.
“She was somebody who had many bigger than life experiences and this was one of them,” Joshua Friedman recalled. “It didn’t mean so much to her that she was in the picture, but it was important for what it meant for everybody in Times Square. A moment of great relief that the war was finally over.”
Her husband, Mischa Friedman, died in 1998. She is survived by her sister, Belle Hoffman; two children; two grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
Greta Zimmer Friedman will be buried with her late husband at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, her son said.