Over the years, she participated in numerous conventions, exhibitions, documentaries, television and radio interviews, and personal correspondence. In , Millvina travelled to the United States to participate in a Titanic convention in Springfield, Massachusetts , and another in in Montreal.
She had also been scheduled to appear at a commemoration of the Titanic s 94th anniversary in , but a broken hip prevented her appearance. In October , she became the last Titanic survivor following the death of Barbara West Dainton , who died at the age of 96 in England. In December , Dean criticized the BBC and its television program Doctor Who for including an episode with a starship "cruise liner" called the Titanic similar in appearance to the historical liner.
Speaking from her nursing home, she said: "The Titanic was a tragedy which tore so many families apart. I lost my father and he lies on that wreck. I think it is disrespectful to make entertainment of such a tragedy. In April , Millvina had accepted an invitation to speak in Southampton at an event commemorating the 96th anniversary of the ship's sinking, but ill health resulting from a respiratory infection forced her to cancel.
In December , at the age of 96, Millvina was forced to sell several of her family's possessions to pay for her private medical care following a broken hip. These possessions included a letter sent to her mother from the Titanic Relief Fund, and a suitcase given to her and her mother in New York following the ship's sinking.
The year-old Millvina died of pneumonia on the morning of 31 May , 97 years and seven weeks after the Titanic sailed, at a care home in Ashurst , Hampshire. Millvina was cremated and on 24 October , her ashes were scattered from a launch at the docks in Southampton where the Titanic set sail. In response to the escalating cost of Millvina's healthcare, The Millvina Fund was set up in April by the Belfast, British and International Titanic Societies with the exclusive aim of taking care of Dean's nursing home bills.
The Fund was given a boost by the Irish author and campaigning journalist, Don Mullan , at the opening of his worldwide Nokia photographic exhibition, "A Thousand Reasons for Living", featuring a portrait of Millvina Dean in Dublin on 22 April Template:Authority control.
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It was my eldest daughter Therese's fascination with the James Cameron's movie 'Titanic' that brought us there. From the moment we met Millvina, there was an instant friendship. Titanic sale for survivor Millvina Dean.
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