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Titanic passenger’s pocket watch sold for record £1.78m at auction

The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen gold watch belonged to Isidor Straus, who along with his wife lost his life when ship sank

The Guardian - UK

Titanic Watch Fetches £1.78m as Auction Revives Debate on Preserving the Historic Wreck

A Titanic pocket watch sold for £1.78m, setting a new record and reigniting debate over preserving the historic wreck as experts warn of its continued deterioration.

International Business Times UK

Titanic couple’s gold pocket watch sells for record £1.78m at auction

It was the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia, the auctioneers said.

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Gold watch belonging to couple depicted in Titanic movie sells for record-breaking price

Isidor Straus and his wife Ida were portrayed in James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic film

The Independent UK

Gold pocket watch belonging to iconic couple depicted in Titanic movie up for sale

Isidor Straus had been given the watch in 1888 as a gift for his 43rd birthday

The Independent UK

King Princess: ‘My music isn’t about trying on queerness – it’s about expert-level lesbianism’

INTERVIEW : After a break from music, the New Yorker behind the smash ‘1950’ has returned with an album that is grittier and more personal than ever. She speaks to Ellie Muir about the boom in queer pop, rejecting the ‘nepo baby’ allegations, and why she thinks it’s ‘deranged’ for…

The Independent UK

Nicolas Cage Was Born A “Coppola”: 14 Nepo Babies Who Changed Their Famous Last Names

There are plenty of pros and cons to being a nepo baby. Some celebrities have opted to leave their famous last name behind as a result. The post Nicolas Cage Was Born A “Coppola”: 14 Nepo Babies Who Changed Their Famous Last Names first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Titanic sub victim told wife expedition was 'so cool' despite briefing about danger

The passengers spent their final moments above water in briefings including one where pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet recounted how the sub once got trapped at the bottom of the ocean for three days without communication

Daily Mirror

Titanic actor Lew Palter dies aged 94

Actor played real-life business magnate Isidor Straus who died in 1912 shipwreck

The Independent UK

‘Titanic’ actor Lew Palter dead at 94; played Macy’s tycoon Isidor Straus

Lew Palter, a Brooklyn-born actor whose dozens of film and TV performances included a role in James Cameron’s “Titanic,” has died following a battle with lung cancer, his family said.

Tribune News Service

Titan submersible pilot had connection to famous Titanic victims

According to archival records belonging to the New York Times, Rush's wife Wendy is a descendent of Ida and Isidor Straus

Belfast Live

Wife of pilot in fatal sub implosion descended from couple who died on Titanic, report says

The wife of the man who was piloting the submersible when it imploded during this week’s dive to the the Titanic wreckage site is a descendant of a couple who died when the ocean liner sank in 1912

The Independent UK

Wife of OceanGate's CEO is the great-great-granddaughter of a wealthy couple who died on the Titanic

Ancestors of Wendy Rush, wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was piloting the lost Titan submersible, died on the Titanic in 1912.

Fortune

Who is missing submarine pilot Stockton Rush, whose wife is descended from a couple who drowned on the Titanic?

Stockton Rush is the CEO and founder of OceanGate expeditions, and his wife Wendy is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, who were said to be one of the richest families to board the Titanic ship

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Evening Standard

Who is Stockton Rush, the missing Titanic sub pilot?

The CEO of OceansGate is piloting the missing submersible, Titan, and his wife is related to original Titanic couple

Daily Mirror

Submarine pilot's wife is descended from famous Titanic couple who went down with ship

The wife of Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions and pilot of the submersible, is descended from a famous Titanic couple who went down with the ship in 1912 arm in arm

The Independent UK

Wife of missing OceanGate CEO is descended from Titanic victims, says report

Wendy Rush, the company’s communications director, is great-great-grandchild of Isidor and Ida Straus

Belfast Live

Titanic love stories to rival Jack and Rose as movie re-released for 25th anniversary

Titanic Belfast shared some other wonderful love stories from passengers who were on the ship

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