How old was the last known Titanic survivor who recently passed away?
Millvina Dean, believed to be the last survivor of the Titanic, has died at 97, her friends confirmed Sunday. Millvina Dean was just an infant when the RMS Titanic sank. Dean was just an infant when the RMS Titanic — publicized as “practically unsinkable” and the largest passenger steamship at the time — struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton in southern England to New York. The ship sank less than three hours later, killing more than 1,500 people. Brian Ticehurst, a friend of Dean, said she died at 8 a.m. Sunday. Dean was hospitalized a few days ago for medical complications before returning to the Woodlands Ridge Nursing Home in Southampton, said Charles Haas, a friend and president of the Titanic International Society based in New Jersey. A nurse at the home declined to comment on Dean’s passing. Haas said Dean’s last public appearance was at the British Titanic Society’s convention in April, which she attended with her longtime
