BURLINGTON, Wash. -- 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 (AmfhYe ) in a story Tuesday.

In January, nearly 200 guests, including actors from the miniseries, attended his 90th birthday party, the Skagit Valley Herald (XScV1b ) reported.

"To us he wasn't really a war hero, he was just a hero, period," Tracy Compton told the Herald.

Lynn Compton also is remembered for his legal career in California. He headed the team that prosecuted Sirhan B. Sirhan for the slaying of Robert F. Kennedy and was appointed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal in 1970 by Gov. Ronald Reagan. He retired from the bench in 1990.

He was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart during World War II. But it wasn't until later in life that he became famous for his military service as a first lieutenant in Easy Company after the unit parachuted into France on D-Day in 1944. Historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 best seller about the unit was made into the 2001 TV series.

"His career as a prosecutor and a judge overrode his military career until `Band of Brothers' came out, and then it just went crazy," daughter Syndee Compton said.

A passage in the book recalled the D-Day invasion of France: "Compton had been an All-American catcher on the UCLA baseball team. The distance to the fleeing enemy was about the same as from home plate to second base. Compton threw his grenade on a straight line -- no arch -- and it hit a German in the head as it exploded."

Compton was embarrassed by the attention at his birthday party at Skagit Regional Airport that was attended by children of other Band of Brothers veterans.

"All I can say is it's flattering -- and kind of embarrassing," Compton told the Herald. "We didn't expect anything more than those other guys (in the war). We're celebrating longevity more than anything."

The guests included "Band of Brothers" actors Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Richard Speight Jr. and Neal McDonough, who portrayed Compton in the miniseries.

McDonough recalled meeting with Compton the day before he flew to London to begin filming "Band of Brothers," and later peppering him with questions about his time during the war.

"When you play a historical figure, you have to do it right and tell the truth," McDonough told the Times, recalling that Compton told him he was just doing his job.

"He'd say that's what soldiers do," said McDonough, who kept in touch with Compton and nicknamed his 6-year-old son Morgan "Little Buck" in his honor.

Tracy Compton said her father thought McDonough did a wonderful job portraying him and that "he laughed and said Neal was better-looking than he ever was."

Compton was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 31, 1921. He majored in physical education and minored in education at UCLA, where he lettered in football and baseball. He started at guard in the 1943 Rose Bowl game against Georgia and was selected all-conference catcher while captain of the baseball team in 1942.

He also participated in the ROTC program and entered active service in February 1943 at age 21.

After the war, he became a Los Angeles police officer and worked his way through Loyola Law School. He was a detective in the Central Burglary Division before joining the district attorney's office in 1951. He was assistant district attorney when District Attorney Evelle J. Younger chose him as his chief deputy in 1966.

Compton's memoir "Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers," written with Marcus Brotherton, was published in 2008.

His wife, Donna, died in 1994. Along with his two daughters, he is survived by four grandchildren.

HBO迷你劇《兄弟連》（Band of Brothers）中的二戰(zhàn)人物原型之一"山羊"康普頓（Lynn D. "Buck" Compton）因心臟病并發(fā)癥于當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間2月25日與世長(zhǎng)辭，享年90歲，他的家人沉痛宣布了這一消息。

二戰(zhàn)英雄"山羊"康普頓因2001年由史蒂芬·斯皮爾伯格(Steven Spielberg)與湯姆·漢克斯(Tom Hanks)聯(lián)合制作的迷你劇《兄弟連》聞名于世，尼爾·麥克唐納成功將其演繹。該劇根據(jù)史學(xué)家Stephen Ambrose1992年的著作改編，真實(shí)再現(xiàn)了美國(guó)陸軍第101空降師E連在諾曼底登陸戰(zhàn)中，降落在法國(guó)北部奧瑪哈海岸(Omaha Beach)歷史。

"山羊"康普頓出生于1921年12月31日的洛杉磯，年輕時(shí)主修物理學(xué)，在加州大學(xué)洛杉磯分校學(xué)習(xí)期間，加入該?；@球和橄欖球隊(duì)，曾參加過1943年在加州帕沙第納舉行的玫瑰杯橄欖球賽?？灯疹D1943年21歲時(shí)加入美國(guó)后備軍官訓(xùn)練隊(duì)之后參加了前線戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。另外，他還是一位知名的棒球投手，在二戰(zhàn)時(shí)，他曾在奪取第一門105加農(nóng)炮時(shí)從左路用手雷摧毀了敵人，當(dāng)時(shí)他與敵人的距離相當(dāng)于本壘到一壘的距離。

二戰(zhàn)之后，康普頓加入了洛杉磯警察局、進(jìn)修讀完了Loyola法學(xué)院，并在一系列案件中起了至關(guān)重要的作用，繼續(xù)發(fā)光發(fā)熱，1990年光榮退休。康普頓的回憶錄《使命：“兄弟連”前、中、后的生活》由Marcus Brotherton撰寫，于2008年發(fā)行。