Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
Wow! Yet ANOTHER reason to adore Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio!!
Millvina Dean was on the Titantic when it sank when she was just 2 months old. Today, she lives in a nursing home and her bills are so high that she is unable to cover the cost. In order to make due, she's been selling off pieces of her ocean liner past.
Kate and Leo got wind of her issue and donated $30,000 to her fund!
Dean lives in a nursing home in Southampton, England since she broke her hip three years ago and has been struggling to survive. Last fall a desperate Dean began selling the doomed ocean liner mementos.
Leo and Kate said in a statement they hoped Dean could rest easy now knowing her future would be free of want.
The stars, who reunited recently in Revolutionary Road, are said to have contributed $30,000 to the fund.
What a wonderful thing to do.
She was 2 weeks old and they did not get wind of the issue, an irish author found out about her and publicly challenged Cameron, Caprio and Winslet to help her knowing they both built their careers on that movie.
Really? That is completely unfair to them. Why should they be bullied into sharing their wealth with her. The story was not about her in anyway. I am sure that there are a lot of charities that they contribute time and money to. Its nice that they did it, but really the fact that someone tried to force them into it is disgusting.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY WERE BULLIED? I THINK YOU ARE SPEAKING FROM YOUR OWN HEART.
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I think that's amazing :) I really hope the woman's okay now and is able to keep her memorable items
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What a wonderful thing to do. It is so great to see that SOME celebrities do in fact realize that there are less fortunate people. There are so many individuals out there who cannot make ends meet due to reasons beyond their control, such as medical reasons. Hats off to Kate and Leo for recongizing this, I am sure they have taken a world of stress off of this woman's sholders.
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good for them for helping.
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How old is she?
Yes it was true. In fact, Don Mullan, an Iris photographer and activist, started the MIllivina Fund which where Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron have donated. Millvina Dean was the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was nine (9) weeks old when the Titanic sank and in her twilight years she has run into dire financial straits. Fortunately, Hollywood heavyweights have come to her aid when her nursing home fees have gotten a bit out of hand and mere pay day loans wouldn’t cover them. Thanks to these gallant philanthropists for their aiding Millvina Dean and her debt relief.
That is so sweet!!!!!!!!!!
I love the way Leo looks in this picture!!!!! I like the slicked back hair and chest hair - so hot!
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