The last American survivor of the Titanic who remembered the sinking dies.
Who
— Lillian Gertrud Asplund
— Age 99
Where
— Worcester, Mass.
Titanic
— Asplund was just 5 years old when she and her family boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on their way back to Massachusetts.
— She lost her father and three brothers when the ship went down in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.
Family
— Asplund's mother and another brother also survived the Titanic sinking in the early morning of April 15, 1912.
Career
— Asplund lived a quiet life, working as a clerk for an insurance company in Worcester.
— She never married or got a driver's license.
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