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Final Survivor

Sybil Marion passed away in 2007 in Modesto, California. Kate Buss Willis was one of the final survivors of the Titanic sinking. She had been alive for the 60th anniversary of the sinking. The last living survivor of the Titanic had been a baby when saved from the ship. The child was saved and grew up, returning to England. Millvina Dean died in 2009 at age 97…

Lillian Asplund

Lillian Asplund was the last American Titanic survivor to die at age 99. She had been five years old when she was aboard, and as a result, doesn’t remember much from the experience. She recalled only that “my mother said she would rather stay with my father and go down with the ship, but he said the children should not be alone.”

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.