'Titanic Stars' Donation To Last Titanic Survivor

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 16:19

The movie Titanic has made it memorable for the acting career of Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio. Now, they are making it a memorable moment for the last Titanic survivor by donating 30,000 dollars to her.

The duo, along with 'Titanic' director James Cameron, handed over the cash to ensure that 98-year-old Millvina Dean can pay her nursing home fees. Dean was the ship's youngest passenger at nine months old when the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank en-route to New York in 1912. She is the ship's only living survivor.

Photographer Don Mullan made an appeal to help raise money for Dean and reached out to Winslet, DiCaprio and Cameron in a bid to raise awareness. Mullan has already set up an exhibition to raise funds.

Mullan is still waiting to be contacted by Celine Dion, who won an Oscar for the movie's theme song My Heart Will Go On.