Los Angeles, May 12 (PTI) 'Titanic' stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have come forward to help the last survivor of the ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. The superstars along with the film's director David Cameroon have contributed USD 30,000 for a fund to help the 98-year-old Millvina Dean, who has been struggling to pay her nursing home fees.
Millvina, who was only nine weeks old at the time of the disaster, was the youngest passenger of the ill-fated ship and is now the last remaining survivor.
She was rescued from the sinking ship along with her mother and brother but she lost her father in the tragedy.
Millivina, a Southampton resident, has been forced to sell some of her possessions and memorablia from the historic ship at an auction to raise money to stay in her private nursing home.
She had sold some clothes given to her family when they arrived in America and compensation letters sent to her mother from Titanic Relief Fund.
However, the items were returned to her after her plight was brought to public notice by Ireland-based Sunday Independent newspaper's photographer Don Mullan, who published an appeal to the team of the 1997 blockbuster to come forward to help Millivina, reported Sky News. PTI
Millvina, who was only nine weeks old at the time of the disaster, was the youngest passenger of the ill-fated ship and is now the last remaining survivor.
She was rescued from the sinking ship along with her mother and brother but she lost her father in the tragedy.
Millivina, a Southampton resident, has been forced to sell some of her possessions and memorablia from the historic ship at an auction to raise money to stay in her private nursing home.
She had sold some clothes given to her family when they arrived in America and compensation letters sent to her mother from Titanic Relief Fund.
However, the items were returned to her after her plight was brought to public notice by Ireland-based Sunday Independent newspaper's photographer Don Mullan, who published an appeal to the team of the 1997 blockbuster to come forward to help Millivina, reported Sky News. PTI
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