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LONDON - Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_ ... c_survivor

Yes, TIS learned of it several days ago but was waiting to post it pending confirmation
http://titanicinternational.wordpress.com/

Miss Dean is- the sole survivor, although she was but an infant and has no recollections at all.

Yes...there's nobody left now but that little old sweetheart of a lady Milvena Dean. Of all the survivors I've ever seen interviewed - admittedly rather few - she's my favorite.

Milvina is in a nursing home now but still sees friends when she can. I was lucky to meet her several times when she was in the U.S. I wonder how it feels to be a sole survivor after all these years.

You've met her? Oh how neat! If she's anything in person like she comes across in filmed interviews, that must have been a real treat. The only part of her talks that I find a little hard to take emotionally is the way she speaks of her father - having to literally imagine what he was like from photographs.

I couldn't imagine being left a sole survivor even after all these years. It's in a way a victory, but also a condemnation, you might say.

Hmmm... in the How's This For Irony? Department we have this: Barbara Joyce West Dainton was apparently born at Bournemouth 24th May 1911 - exactly one week before the RMS Titanic was launched!