Don Lynch, a historian at the Titanic Historical Society (THS), first heard of Ruth Becker Blanchard in 1975. Ruth was 12 years old when she survived the sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912. She was 90 when she died of age-related ailments in California in 1990.
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