I can't believe that all of the Titanic enthusiasts in the world wouldn't contribute to keep her in comfort for the rest of her life... I would send money if I knew where to send it.

David J. W. Schmidt, Wolcottville, USA

i agree with you Becky. It is lots easy to say then to do something

HarmonSmith, Barking - East London, UK

Apart from her selling items of such close connection with that compelling tragedy, it's appalling that, as our only direct link to it, she has to fear for her care and housing. Terrifying for us all, but please oh please take care of her. She is the last of that living history.

Eliza, New London, PA, USA

To those who say she was too young to remember, forget that she grew up among those who did know and that sadness and hardship is passed onto the children.

lori, london, england

I agree with Doris Teo. Please let me know if I can donate and how to do so.

Perry Denker, Albuquerque, USA

Having to encounter such a tragic accident & to live so long with that sad memory of losing her father that way is hard enough for her. Please let her bring along with her sweet memories of humanity instead of having to remember she has to sell her mementoes to pay for her last few years of care.

Doris Teo, Holland Village, Singapore

I didn't believe my eyes when I read this. I thought the UK was a welfare state?
How is it possible, that a 96 years old lady has to sell out her personal things to pay for her stay at a nursing home?
What would happen if she had nothing to sell? Do you put old people on the street in the UK?

Sissel Klingenberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

How does someone who lost thier father 'benefit' from tragedy? I wish her well in getting as much as she can and hope her last years allow her a respectful and dignified way of life.

Lee Spinner, swindon,

I think the makers of the film Titanic should help meet the costs of her care considering the huge amount of money they generated from that film and that shes the last living survivor it would be a good gesture

Rhys, Llanelli, UK

If she only gets £3000 for her treasured possessions it will only pay for about 4 weeks care in a nursing home. Do people realise how expensive care is?

Jenny C, Southam, England

I think it's absolutely disgusting that any elderly person has to fund their own care in this country when the Government wastes billions of pounds every year on economic migrants. We have the resources to care for our own people but it's being frittered away on wasters.

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Brian Tyrie, Kennoway, Scotland

I agree this is a sad world when people have to sell things that they cherish in order to have a place to stay. We have people all over the world who makes WAY TO MUCH money for sports and things that really truely dont matter and here we have someone who is spending her last days worried about this

Vonda, Monrovia, USA

OK, she's been profiting off of her things? What exactly would you like her to do? Shuffle the streets with her Titanic things during the last few years of her life? Get real folks, this is the real world. Maybe someone that is being so judgmental should offer to pay for her bills.

Becky, Dublin, Ohio, USA

Peter Davies & Wells, God is very proud of you two! (NOT)! It is a sad day for the world when two men(?) can speak with such cold heartedness as these two. Miss Dean,you above any of us deserved to profit from that nightmare,I know that the News papers did and countless others. God bless you.

J D Green, Mesquite, TX., USA

Ms Dean -

My support for you forging forward in life after a tragic event. I hope to help you go forward by winning the bdding event in the auction.

bill, austin,

I send my love to you Ms. Dean as you area remarkable person why with what you went through and lived to be the age you are......may god bless you foerver and remember you are loved very much!

Ursula, florida, Usa

I'm shocked by some of the remarks to this article by some readers, what an uncaring bunch you are! A number of readers suggest this lady had profitted from the sinking, do you have irrefutable evidence of this? However, if the lady is in a nursing home, shouldn't the NHS be paying for her care?

Mike C, London, UK

This story caught my eye. Miss Dean kindly wrote a letter to me back in 2006. I have offered this to the auction house handling the sale, as a donation. Not sure what there response will be. If there was a way of directly donating available i would use it.

james connerley, placerville, usa

How can this be..?? I thought that Great Britan had national medical care, and that all its citizens had care provided and paid for by the government. There must be more to this story.

Wendell, St. Louis, U.S. of A.

I'm confused by some of the comments here. How has this lady been profiting for years from being a survivor? This case makes news because of the nature of the items she is selling to pay for her care, sadly it is very common that elderly people have to sell their personal treasures to pay for care.

Penny, Manchester,

Steve Clements...i soo so very much agree with you ,its a tragedy really and looks again so bad in this nation of ours ,god bless this living legend

Marco Fernandes, St Helier , Jersey

Ms. Dean, you are living proof that people can live a good life from such tragedy. You are thought of from ones here in the U.S.A. God Bless you.
Wish we could help you out, but the same financials goes for us too. Just know that you are not alone and are loved.

Jodi, Custer, United States

What have we become? Money is handed out without question to masses who refuse to work or teenage single mothers with while the elderly are left to fend for themselves. I'm ashamed of this country!

Steve Clements, Slough, UK

Why is she a treasure? - she was a baby - she was too young to have suffered stress. I think its disgusting that old people have to sell up to pay for care but she can console herself with the fact she was rescued in the first place and is now 96. Lots of others would have been grateful for either.

Peter Davies, Horsham, UK

I am sorry that Ms Dean has to part with her mementoes to pay for care, BUT Ms Dean has been making a profit from her link to the Titanic for a long time. I myself was given a signed photo of the ship by a friend who bought it. I can't sympathise when she has profited by this tragedy for many years

julia kapherr, leeds, england

If I had 3 grand to spare I'd give it her, she's a living national treasure! What a world!

Peter Wells, Lincoln, UK