William Guarnere

In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 photo William "Wild Bill" Guarnere speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Philadelphia. Guarnere whose World War II service as a member of the Army's famed Easy Company was recounted in the book and TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," died, Saturday, March 8, 2014. He was 90. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died at the age of 90.

Guarnere's son, William Guarnere Jr. of Springfield, confirmed Sunday that his father died at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Guarnere was rushed to the hospital early Saturday and died of a ruptured aneurysm early Saturday night.

The HBO miniseries, based on a book by Stephen Ambrose, followed the members of Easy Company from training in Georgia in 1942 through the war's end in 1945. Guarnere, whose combat exploits earned him the nickname Wild Bill, lost a leg trying to help a wounded solider.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.