Godot 149 Posted May 31, 2009 Millvina Dean is no more, she died this morning. So how many survivors are left now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,616 Posted May 31, 2009 That'll save Kate Winslet a few quid then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted May 31, 2009 Eliza Gladys Milvina Dean is indeed still with us. Born 2/2/1912, hence was 10 weeks old when the Titanic sank on 15/4/1912 (not 1908!). I stand corrected, thanks RK. It is never a good idea to drink whiskey while researching Perhaps we could now close this thread, thus protecting future generations from one of the worst pieces of advice I have ever encountered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ageless Immortal Giant 2 Posted May 31, 2009 This is a pretty significant one in terms of last survivors of something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,431 Posted May 31, 2009 Uh god I feel like weeping, I was actually planning on writing her a letter... not gonna get the chance anymore.... she was actually a really nice sincere old lady... why do people like her have to die and Thatcher continues to haunt us? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted May 31, 2009 I met her once - seems a tough old bird. Might be a year or two in her yet. More than one but less than two, then. Yeah, I'm sorry to see her go too, and I actually thought she might hang on to make three figures. She enjoyed herself though. Goodnight, Millvina - time to meet your Dad at last. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,093 Posted June 11, 2009 From living memory into history Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest wordfinder Posted June 26, 2012 Question is: Do you offer a Titanic survivee ice for his whiskey? Do you mean 'survivee' as 'someone who are survived, that is, a dead person'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted June 26, 2012 Question is: Do you offer a Titanic survivee ice for his whiskey? Do you mean 'survivee' as 'someone who are survived, that is, a dead person'? I've heard of l'esprit de l'escalier before, but seven years is pushing it a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,717 Posted October 28, 2020 Account of Titanic sinking from a survivor I can’t think where else to post this but I found this a powerful account and just wanted to share. cheers, GUN 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,726 Posted October 29, 2020 11 hours ago, Grim Up North said: Account of Titanic sinking from a survivor I can’t think where else to post this but I found this a powerful account and just wanted to share. cheers, GUN Thanks for posting this, really fascinating to listen to. Because it happened without footage and there's been so much written and dramatised about it, it's easy to forget that this really happened - hearing, rather than reading, eyewitness accounts is so much more powerful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roaming_comrade 471 Posted October 29, 2020 Maybe a mod should put a "dead" tag next to this thread, since everyone of them is dead. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted October 29, 2020 43 minutes ago, roaming_comrade said: Maybe a mod should put a "dead" tag next to this thread, since everyone of them is dead. What?? Kate Winslet is not dead. She was on TV the other week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,063 Posted October 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bentrovato said: What?? Kate Winslet is not dead. She was on TV the other week. Sadly this is not just a joke. I looked at our local primary school website the other day, and noticed that they had been learning about the Titanic. It was clear from some of their little essays that some of them thought the fictional characters in the film were real. There was no indication that anyone had enlightened them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,084 Posted October 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, Toast said: Sadly this is not just a joke. I looked at our local primary school website the other day, and noticed that they had been learning about the Titanic. It was clear from some of their little essays that some of them thought the fictional characters in the film were real. There was no indication that anyone had enlightened them. Don't worry about that. All their parents will have been helping them with their schoolwork for the last few months and will have been using their collections of historical fiction novels as factual historical documents to explain the world we live in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,161 Posted October 29, 2020 Still think it's remarkable that the last survivor of the Titanic didn't die until 2009. A great pub quiz question to get within 5 years. Any close relations of survivors still going ie sons/daughters etc? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,357 Posted June 19, 2023 Submarine used by tourists to visit wreck of Titanic is currently unaccounted for.... Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search - BBC News 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeretBleu 119 Posted June 19, 2023 37 minutes ago, DevonDeathTrip said: Submarine used by tourists to visit wreck of Titanic is currently unaccounted for.... Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search - BBC News 250.000$ the ticket Rich ( and famous ?) people inside ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,390 Posted June 19, 2023 37 minutes ago, BeretBleu said: 250.000$ the ticket Rich ( and famous ?) people inside ? There was a mini-documentary on social media of a woman who was obsessed with the Titanic in school. She dedicated her life to studying it and saved for 30 years to take one of these trips. She seemed delighted, but it was a little tragic and delusional. Life savings gone in a few hours. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,870 Posted June 19, 2023 2 hours ago, BeretBleu said: 250.000$ the ticket Rich ( and famous ?) people inside ? Yep https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-family-confirms-12905616 Has a Wiki Page Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,683 Posted June 19, 2023 “Our company offers the finest, most accurate re-enactments shitloads of money can buy, tailor-made to give you the full ghoulish Titanic experience. Edwardian apparel encouraged, deckchair and coffin provided”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tango854 278 Posted June 19, 2023 I don't think they are going to come back up alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,558 Posted June 19, 2023 Whatever the outcome I can already see writers/producers in their head going "I could make a movie out of this". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,639 Posted June 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Yep https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-board-missing-titanic-submersible-family-confirms-12905616 Has a Wiki Page Interesting. He'd also be the second of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space tourists to die after Glen de Vries who died in a plane crash in 2021. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
