Mr2Bits
11-10-2007, 06:46 AM
1 of last 2 Titanic survivors dies at 96
She avoided spotlight to the point of having death announcement delayed
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.
Dainton died Oct. 16 at a nursing home in Camborne, England, according to Peter Visick, a distant relative. Her funeral was held Monday at Truro Cathedral, Visick said Thursday.
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She avoided spotlight to the point of having death announcement delayed
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.
Dainton died Oct. 16 at a nursing home in Camborne, England, according to Peter Visick, a distant relative. Her funeral was held Monday at Truro Cathedral, Visick said Thursday.
Continued here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21692850/