The last surviving member of the Trapp Family Singers, has died at the age of 99 at her home in Vermont.<br/> <br />Maria Von Trapp was one of seven children born to Austrian Naval Captain Georg von Trapp and his first wife.<br/> <br />Maria and her family fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938 and ended up performing in the U.S.<br/> <br />Her family's fascinating life story inspired a Broadway musical in 1959, The Sound of Music.....And subsequently the 1965 blockbuster movie, starring Dame Julie Andrews, which won an Oscar for Best Picture.<br/> <br />The Sound of Music tells of a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a naval officer widower.<br/> <br />Maria -- seen here in footage filmed five years ago -- said it was based loosely on a book by the governess, who became von Trapp's second wife.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIA VON TRAPP SAYING:<br/> <br />"It was not quite what we experienced in our life, but I like 'The Sound of Music' very much. I think it's a
