CNN.com - Last U.S. Titanic survivor dies

CNN.com - Last U.S. Titanic survivor dies - May 7, 2006

Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last
American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a
funeral home said Sunday. She was 99.

Asplund, who was just 5
years old, lost her father and three brothers -- including a fraternal
twin -- when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North
Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.

Asplund was the last Titanic survivor with actual memories of the
sinking, but she shunned publicity and rarely spoke about the events.