Millvina Dean

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    • Given name: Elizabeth Gladys Dean
    • Born: February 12, 1912
    • Dean was the youngest passenger on the RMS TitanicBiography.com: Millvina Dean Biography
    • Millvina's mother Georgette and older brother Bertram also survived
    • Her father, also Bertram, perished in the disaster; Bertram Dean was only 25 years oldBiography.com: Millvina Dean Biography
    • Dean and her surviving family members were taken to New York after the Titanic tragedy; they eventually returned to EnglandBiography.com: Millvina Dean Biography
  • After the death of Barbara Dainton in November 2007, Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known as Millvina, became the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster. Dean was only nine weeks old when she was put into a lifeboat as the RMS Titanic was sinking. In October 2008, Titanic-related mementoes belonging to the 96-year-old Dean were auctioned off to help pay the cost of her nursing home care.Biography.com: Millvina Dean Biography FOX News: Last Titanic Survivor to Auction Off Mementos to Pay Nursing Home...

    Dean died on May 31, 2009, on the 98th anniversary of the Titanic's official launching in 1911. She died at he age of 97 in an English nursing home. As an infant, she boarded the Titanic with her family on April 12, 1912 for the vessel's maiden voyage.Los Angeles Times: Millvina Dean dies at 97; last Titanic survivor (May 31, 2009)

  • Memorabilia Auction

    Memorabilia related to Dean's ill-fated Titanic journey was expected to be auctioned off on October 18, 2008, in hopes that proceeds would help pay Dean's nursing home costs. Items reportedly up for auction included a suitcase full of clothing given to Dean when she arrived in New York with her family, and a letter to her mother from the Titanic Relief Fund.FOX News: Last Titanic Survivor to Auction Off Mementos to Pay Nursing Home...
  • Celebrity Benefactors

    Stars of the film Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have contributed to a fund that will allow Dean to remain in her nursing home in Southhampton, England. The 97-year-old survivor was placed in the home after breaking her hip.Seattle Times: 'Titanic' stars help ship's last survivor (May 11, 2009)

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