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Michael Poirier
Member
Username: mike_poirier
Post Number: 938
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 4:43 pm: | 
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I'm sorry to hear that Millvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic has passed away. She has meant so much to so many and I am sure all Titanic researchers, buffs and societies, will miss her greatly. God rest her soul.
Voyage, journal of www.titanicinternationalsociety.org
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John Clifford
Member
Username: hjca
Post Number: 1516
Registered: 11-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:14 pm: |
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Michael, what is the source for this story??
To Brian Ticehurst and Anthony Cunningham: is this true?
If the news is true, then I both grieve for Millvina, and am thankful for the time that I have known her.
John Clifford
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Arun Vajpey
Member
Username: zekenwolf
Post Number: 208
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:26 pm: |
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RIP. I met Millvina Dean several times in Southampton during BTS conventions in the 1990s. I even have a photograph taken at the same dining table on one occasion.
Miss Dean was one of only 3 Titanic survivors that I met, the others being Edith Haisman and Eva Hart. |
Iain Stuart Yardley
Member
Username: boz
Post Number: 1020
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:36 pm: |
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If this story is true then I am very saddened by the news. There is nothing at all about Millvina in the British press. I am hoping there has been a mistake? |
John Clifford
Member
Username: hjca
Post Number: 1517
Registered: 11-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:38 pm: |
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We should be hearing something in the next few hours.
John Clifford
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Philip Hind
Administrator
Username: admin
Post Number: 1069
Registered: 12-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:43 pm: |
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Rest In Peace
A wonderful woman. |
Shelley Dziedzic
Moderator
Username: shelley
Post Number: 2943
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:45 pm: |
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Trying to confirm this through several different sources-nothing on the internet or UK press thus far. |
Shelley Dziedzic
Moderator
Username: shelley
Post Number: 2944
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 5:51 pm: |
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Sadly confirmed through several reputable sources, and about to be released AP wire services. |
Kyrila Scully
Member
Username: childstar413
Post Number: 2017
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:02 pm: |
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Phil Gowan got a phone call this morning from mutual friends who keep tabs on Millvina and passed the word to those of us on Facebook. At the time, the press had not been notified. Here's what he wrote: "So very sorry to hear this morning that Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor, apparently died in her sleep. After a bout with pneumonia last week she seemed to be doing better and returned to the nursing home. Am sure the media will be flooded with more information as the day passes. She was a great lady, a good friend, and will be sorely missed." |
Philip Hind
Administrator
Username: admin
Post Number: 1070
Registered: 12-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:06 pm: |
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I only met her once one-to-one but I'll never forget that encounter. I said it was "a pleasure to meet her"... she said, deadpan but sincerely, it was "a pleasure to meet me"! I'll never forget the twinkle in her eye! She had a tremendous, and very appealingly down-to-earth attitude to her unexpected fame. |
Kyrila Scully
Member
Username: childstar413
Post Number: 2018
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:09 pm: |
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I never got to meet her, but a few of my friends knew her pretty well and had told her about the work I was doing with TITANIC IMPACT. She sent me a message through them saying simply, "Keep up the good work!" I was very touched by her acknowledgement. |
Derek Jackson
Member
Username: djackson
Post Number: 14
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:13 pm: |
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Rest in peace Millvina Dean  |
Mark Baber
Moderator
Username: mab
Post Number: 3484
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:24 pm: |
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Sad news, indeed.
RIP.
MAB
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OceanicSteamNavigationCo/
http://www.greatships.net/
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Erin Hopkins
Member
Username: errowyn
Post Number: 42
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:31 pm: |
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That is sad news. |
Peter Engberg-Klarström
Member
Username: peter
Post Number: 195
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:34 pm: |
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Rest in peace, Millvina |
Russell Friesen
Member
Username: rustyf85
Post Number: 38
Registered: 8-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:53 pm: |
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Millvina Dean, rest in peace. |
George Lorton
Member
Username: mr_retro
Post Number: 251
Registered: 5-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:56 pm: |
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I was very sad to hear the news of her passing! Rest In Peace, Millvina Dean. |
Catherine Nichols
Member
Username: catherinen
Post Number: 5
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 6:57 pm: |
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I just learned of Millvina's passing. I am beyond saddened. She has gone home now to be with her family. May she rest in peaceful slumber. |
Kendra Bell
Member
Username: kbell85
Post Number: 39
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:04 pm: |
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I am deeply saddened to hear that Millvina has passed. I never got the chance to meet her, but I think that we all feel close to her. This is truly a sad day for all of us. May she rest in peace. |
craig anderson
Member
Username: 401mgy1912
Post Number: 11
Registered: 8-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:17 pm: |
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Now she has no worries and at peace. |
Anthony Cunningham
Member
Username: anthony
Post Number: 63
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:20 pm: |
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I didn't want to post here until I had the news confirmed.
I find it almost unbelievable that the very last living link to the Titanic has gone. Millvina was such a vivacious, forward looking lady and far more complex than was generally known.
So many people who post here met her and struck up friendships. As she said many times, 'I love meeting people.' Her house was open to all comers and I'm sure I'm not the only one here to remember her friendly hospitality; those high teas of salmon sandwiches and biscuits!
She was a dignified and charming 'Titanic Ambassador' who touched the lives of so many people with an interest in the famous disaster.
The end, when it came, was very quick - and that's just how she would have wanted it.
I shall miss her deeply.
God bless you, Millvina.
Anthony
'Titanic, The Last Survivor'
http://www.railwayvideo.com/maritime.htm
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Michael Poirier
Member
Username: mike_poirier
Post Number: 939
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:31 pm: |
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Anthony,
I think your excellent book on Millvina was a fitting tribute. I met her back in 1988 and just finished watched the video of it. She and her brother were so nice to young kids like myself.
Mike
Voyage, journal of www.titanicinternationalsociety.org
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Tim Brandsoy
Member
Username: timb
Post Number: 284
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:33 pm: |
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I'm so very sad to hear of this. I haven't found anything on the internet.
If true it's certainly the passing of an era, certainly of the living survivors. But like the Titanic, Millvina will not be forgotten. |
Derek Jackson
Member
Username: djackson
Post Number: 15
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:40 pm: |
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The BBC just posted the news...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm |
Iain Stuart Yardley
Member
Username: boz
Post Number: 1021
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 7:51 pm: |
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I remember Millvina and Bruno having breakfast at the next table to mine in Southampton in 2003. I didn't want to pester her so I just left them alone to have breakfast in peace. In that time several people came up to her and I remember she was very gracious and dignified and had a smile and a few words for everyone. She was a true lady. |
