Sunday, May 07, 2006
The last American survivor of the "Titanic" dies at 99
Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99.
Asplund, who was just 5 years old, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable'' ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg....
Asplund was the last Titanic survivor with actual memories of the sinking, but she shunned publicity and rarely spoke about the events.
At least two other survivors are living, but they were too young to have memories of the disaster. Barbara Joyce West Dainton of Truro, England, was 10 months old and Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina'' Dean of Southampton, England, was 2 months old.
Another moment fades from human memory into history.
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