The last American survivor, Lillian Asplund, died in May 2006. "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner.

The disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,517 people in the north Atlantic, largely due to a lack of lifeboats. The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has died aged 97. Titanic's 100th Anniversary: 6 Survivor Stories One hundred years after the RMS Titanic met its fatal end, the story of the tragic wreck continues to fascinate people worldwide. A Lebanese Titanic Survivor The Story of Shaanineh Abi-Saab When 38-year-old Shaanineh, my great grandfather’s cousin, boarded the RMS Titanic in Cherbourg on April 10, 1912, the dusk was just settling in and the lights of the great ship were blazing under the fading sun. Dean's death leaves only artifacts and videotaped interviews with survivors to "speak to us about the Titanic… The daughter of a Titanic survivor buried in Lannon shares her mom's story for the village's 90th anniversary "The elements are so common - immigration, hardship, death and trauma.

Last survivor of Titanic dies at 97 May 31, 2009 / 4:12 PM / AP Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic, died Sunday in her sleep, her friend Gunter Babler said. Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic died on May 31, 2009 at the age of 97 at a nursing home near Southampton, England. Titanic, British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New York City from Southampton, England, killing about 1,500 people.
One of the most famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired numerous works of … Divers visited the Titanic for the first time in over a decade. The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic died at a British nursing home yesterday at the age of 97. Related Titanic articles: Amazing Survival Stories of Last Moments on the Titanic; Eating on the Titanic: Massive Quantities of Food on the Menu; Elizabeth Gladys Dean (1912-2009) Last Titanic Survivor Dies _____ Please share in the comments section any Titanic stories you’ve run across in your own family history research. View In this original photo, a few survivors from the Titanic can be seen in lifeboats out in the open ocean, rowing towards the rescue ship, the Carpathia. Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the early hours of 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton.