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Another "Boomer" icon has died.
Edith Shain is kissed by an American sailor while thousands jam Times Square, New York, to celebrate victory over Japan in 1945. Photograph: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
For us Boomer types, this is one of the more famous pictures taken in the 20th century. Edith Shain was grabbed by an unnamed Amerian sailor and kissed. She died today at age 91. .
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