Lillian Gertrud Asplund, last American survivor of the Titanic, dies at age 99
Monday, May 8, 2006
BOSTON -- 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.
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