Band Of Brothers Buck Compton Dies

For anyone who knows the story of Easy Company, you know that a true hero has been lost.

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BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Lynn D. "Buck" Compton, a veteran whose World War II exploits were depicted in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died, his family said.

Compton died Saturday in Burlington, Wash., after having a heart attack last month, the family told the Los Angeles Times (lat.ms... ) in a story Tuesday.

In January, nearly 200 guests, including actors from the miniseries, attended his 90th birthday party, the Skagit Valley Herald (is.gd... ) reported.

"To us he wasn't really a war hero, he was just a hero, period,"

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Its a sad day, hate seeing anybody pass on but its the only guarantee all of us get in life Major Dick Winters said it best.

“One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.”
― Dick Winters