Millvina Dean is Last Titanic Survivor

Here is a picture of Millvina Dean. Millvina Dean is the last survivor of the Titantic who Leonardo DiCaprio and others have given money to assist in her nursing home bills.

After learning about the mounting nursing home bills for Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, the stars and director of the top-grossing film have made a "considerable donation" to her care, the U.K.'s Independent newspaper reports.

Elizabeth Gladys “Millvina” Dean is 97 years old and is the last living survivor of the RMS Titanic. Millvina was also the youngest passenger of the Titanic. She now lives in Southampton, from where the ship set sail in 1912.

As the last living survivor, she is now in failing health following a broken hip. She was forced to sell some of her prized Titanic memorabilia in order to pay for her private medical care at a nursing home in Southhampton in England. Among those possessions was a letter that her mother received from the Titanic Relief Fund, and a suitcase that was given to her mother in New York following the ship’s sinking.

Dean’s ongoing care averages approximately $6,000 per month. In May 2009 the Millvina Fund was set up by Don Mullan, a photographer for a newspaper in Northern Ireland. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron have all contributed to a fund established for Dean who had bee selling her autograph to make ends meet,ended up donating $44,000 to pay Dean’s bills and provide continued support.

Mullan said:

“An old woman, still trying to survive, this time from drowning under the weight of meeting her nursing home expenses, simply wasn’t right, especially given the enormous sums of money the story of Titanic had generated in the recent past. There were people out there who could, and I felt, morally should, help her. To fail Millvina Dean, the last tangible living link to the Titanic, would make a mockery of the world’s expressed concern for the tragedy.”

A statement by Winslet and DiCaprio said, “We are honored to contribute to the Millvina Fund. Our hope is that others will feel inspired by Millvina Dean’s remarkable story of survival, and we hope that she can rest easier in knowing that her future will become more secure through this fund.”

According to Mullan, those who originally purchased Millvina Dean’s memorabilia have returned the items to her.

The fund is the following:

The Millvina Fund. Bank: National Westminster Bank Ltd, 446 Warrington Road, Culcheth, Warrington, WA3 5QS, United Kingdom. Sort Code: 01-02-46. Account Number: 24075922.

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