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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.
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Samira0407
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
I heard about this yesterday-that's really generous of them!
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| Posted 5/13/09 8:55 AM |
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Peainapod
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| Posted 5/13/09 9:13 AM |
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JennyPenny
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
I love them!!
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| Posted 5/13/09 10:40 AM |
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IrishTracy
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nbc188
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
I love Leo 
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| Posted 5/13/09 12:54 PM |
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KPtoys
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
Why I think any amount is admirable... $30,000... that is it?
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| Posted 5/13/09 1:51 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
Yes, $30K is generous and they did not have to but saying "they hoped Dean could rest easy now knowing her future would be free of want"? That's a bit farfetch. Come on! Who can feel "safe" with $30K and living in a nursing home. That won't go too far!!!!
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| Posted 5/13/09 2:10 PM |
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Faithx2
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Superkat
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
Good for them! No matter the amount, it is a good deed.
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| Posted 5/13/09 2:59 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
I read in another article that Celion Dion was also asked to contribute, but wouldn't.
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| Posted 5/13/09 3:29 PM |
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LittleBlueBug
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
I think it was generous. I don't know how much nursing homes in England are, so maybe it would go further than we think?
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| Posted 5/13/09 6:48 PM |
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Re: Titantic Stars Contribute To Survivor's Nursing Home Fees
Actually that is only part of the story. I can't find the article I read the other day, but a photographer was selling pictures of her to raise money for her care, and he asked them, and James Cameron, Celine Dion & the studio to match his donation, so Winslet, Di Caprio & Cameron all did.
I believe the photographer was trying to raise 2 years worth of costs for her care. ( She's 97 or 98 depending on which article you read.)
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