Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic Survivor

Access Hollywood - May 10, 2009 4:57 PM PDT
Story photo: Leo & Kate Help Last Titanic SurvivorLeonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet . Getty PremiumAccess Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is getting a hand from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

The "Titanic" stars, along with director James Cameron, have contributed to a $30,000 fund for Millvina Dean, 98, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

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The Irish Independent was the first to report the news.

The stars came forward after an appeal by photographer Don Mullan in the Sunday edition of the paper. Mullan had asked the stars and director of 1997 blockbuster to help Millvina, who has struggled with her nursing home bills.

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Millvina was the ill-fated ship's youngest passenger - only nine weeks old upon being carried unto the Titanic from Southampton, England - and is now its last remaining survivor.

The photographer had been selling a limited edition shot, entitled "Still Surviving," of Millvina's hands signing an autograph in order to raise funds for her, and decided to reach out to the "Titanic" stars to pitch in. The photo is part of a new exhibition of his called "A Thousand Reasons for Living."

"I figured that if the edition sold out, it would secure Millvina for a full year. My plan, however, was to double the impact and thereby secure her for two years. I decided, therefore, at the opening of the exhibition, to publicly challenge James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, 20th Century Fox and Celine to match me dollar for dollar,'' Don told the Independent.

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He is still waiting on a response from Celine, who won an Oscar for the film's theme song, "My Heart Will Go On," and the film's studio, 20th Century Fox.

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  • Elaine
    i love titanic....it's so romantic
    report abuseposted July 25, 2009 7:24 PM PDT
  • Kelsey
    wow
    report abuseposted May 28, 2009 4:19 AM PDT
  • omg that is soooooooo nice
    report abuseposted May 23, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
  • omg that is soooooooo nice
    report abuseposted May 23, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
  • omg that is sooooo nice
    report abuseposted May 23, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
  • Ash
    That's so sweet of them to do.
    report abuseposted May 15, 2009 12:06 PM PDT
  • chem7inNY
    Yeah to Leo & Kake and James Cameron. But REALLY don't we all know that all of the mentioned celbs are worth Millions of dollars? What is giving a few thousand apiece? Just the three of them could have taken car of this poor lady for the rest of her life. As an American I would also like to say this survivor's plight is another example of why we should stay away from
    report abuseposted May 13, 2009 6:21 PM PDT
  • fivepaws
    They should take care of her till she passes away.......if I had the money I would!!!!!! Hoop the really do help her out!!! That movie made them all richer than rich!!!!
    report abuseposted May 12, 2009 9:15 PM PDT
  • 2hot2handle30
    i think learnald decapio is so fine.
    report abuseposted May 12, 2009 8:14 PM PDT
  • Chad S
    Thats really COOL!
    report abuseposted May 12, 2009 6:40 PM PDT
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