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    topsy: I've always been fascinated by the Titanic. When I was in Halifax, I was taken to the funeral where many of the recovered bodies were buried. It was... more »
    artyfarty: When I was a teenage, my aunt had a coffee table book about the Titanic and there was one particularly chilling photo from an underwater camera of a p... more »
    Rare Affinity: As part of my Finnish course at University I did some research into the Finns who were on the Titanic. In one case a woman explained that she was goin... more »
    tell Dolly Parton again: I was so, so fascinated by the Titanic as a child, and even did a 7th grade history project in character as a survivor. It feels very strange that tha... more »
    PhillyLass: How incredibly sad that she had no recourse in her old age but to support herself by selling her story of tragedy. more »
    BiteMeMitchell!: RIP Elizabeth. I've long been fascinated by the Titanic, as the daughter of a Belfast shipyard worker (my dad was the third generation of his family t... more »
    queenieinmanhattan: I grew up completely fascinated by shipwrecks, and the Titanic was no exception. That said, a good part of the fascination is with the idea that ther... more »
    colormeroutine: I really dislike how people feel that they have a right to other people's tragedies just because they were well-publicized. If her father had died in ... more »
    hortense: I can not imagine what it must have been like to be constantly asked questions about an event--and a father--that you were much too young to remember.... more »
  • #endofanera

    Last Titanic Survivor Dies

    The last Titanic survivor, Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean, has died at the age of 97. Her relationship with the disaster was a complex one, as she refrained from talking about it until well into her seventies. More »
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    Porn Barons Slide Into Flaccidity Obscurity