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Edward Shames, last member of World War II company that inspired ‘Band of Brothers,’ dies at 99 - NBC News

Edward Shames, last member of World War II company that inspired ‘Band of Brothers,’ dies at 99 - NBC News

Dec 05, 2021 26 secs

— Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died.

An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Virginia, died peacefully at his home on Friday.

Easy Company was the subject of Stephen Ambrose’s 1992 book, “Band of Brothers,” upon which the HBO miniseries was based

A graveside service will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday morning, the funeral home said

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