deaths
March 28, 1987
Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1905)
Maria von Trapp
Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS, often styled as "Baroness", was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film version.
March 28
March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 278 days remain until the end of the year.