when did the last person that survived the titanic die
May 31, 2009
title: Barbara West text: contains a memorial tablet to her father. Barbara died on 16 October 2007 in Truro, Cornwall, at the age of 96. Her funeral was held 5 November at Truro Cathedral. To avoid unwanted attention and maintain privacy, Barbara insisted that her funeral take place before any public announcement of her death. Barbara's death made Millvina Dean, then 95, of Southampton, England, the last living survivor of the "Titanic" sinking; Dean died 19 months later. Barbara West Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West; 24 May 1911 – 16 October 2007) was the penultimate remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" title: Millvina Dean text: Millvina Dean Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009) was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912. At two months old, she was also the youngest passenger aboard. Dean was born in Branscombe, England, on 2 February 1912 to Bertram Frank Dean (1886–1912) and Georgette Eva Light (1879–1975). She had an older brother, Bertram Vere Dean, born 21 May 1910. She never married and had no children. Her father died on the "Titanic"; her mother died on 16 September 1975, aged 96; and title: Lillian Asplund text: on April 15, 1964, the 52nd anniversary of the sinking, at the age of 90. Her brother Felix, who never married and with whom Lillian lived, died of pneumonia on March 15, 1983 at the age of 73. Lillian died in her home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2006 at the age of 99. She was buried at the Old Swedish Cemetery in Worcester, alongside her father, mother, and brother. Lillian's death left two living "Titanic" survivors, Barbara West and Millvina Dean; however, both were less than a year old at the time of the sinking and neither had title: Edith Haisman text: Edith Haisman Edith Haisman (27 October 1896 – 20 January 1997) was one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912. She was the last survivor born in the 19th century, although seven younger survivors outlived her. Edith Eileen Brown was born on 27 October 1896 in Cape Town, South Africa to Thomas William Solomon Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Catherine (née Ford) who owned and operated a hotel in Worcester. Edith was 15 years old when she and her parents boarded the RMS Titanic in Southampton, England as second-class passengers. title: Sinking of the RMS Titanic text: the passenger list, which included some names of people who cancelled their trip at the last minute, and the fact that several passengers travelled under aliases for various reasons and were double-counted on the casualty lists. The death toll has been put at between 1,490 and 1,635 people. The figures below are from the British Board of Trade report on the disaster. Less than a third of those aboard "Titanic" survived the disaster. Some survivors died shortly afterwards; injuries and the effects of exposure caused the deaths of several of those brought aboard "Carpathia". Of the groups shown in the