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John Borland "Jack" Thayer III (December 24, 1894 – September 20, 1945) was a first-class passenger on RMS Titanic who survived the ship's sinking. Aged 17 at the time, he was one of only a handful of passengers to survive jumping into the frigid ocean. He later wrote and privately published his recollection of the sinking.
John George "Jack" Phillips (11 April 1887 – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor and the senior wireless operator aboard the Titanic during her ill-fated maiden voyage in April 1912. Before the collision with the iceberg, Phillips and his assistant, Harold Bride , had acknowledged and passed along several ice warnings to the bridge.
Astor in 1909 Astor as Henry IV of France. John Jacob Astor IV was born on July 13, 1864, at his parents' country estate of Ferncliff in Rhinebeck, New York.He was the youngest of five children and only son of William Backhouse Astor Jr., a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn, a Dutch-American socialite.
The floating piece of wood that helped save the life of Kate Winslet’s Rose in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic has sold at auction for $718,750 ... that Jack dies,” Cameron said. “Very simple.”
Director James Cameron has commissioned a study to prove either Rose or Jack had to die after the "Titanic" sunk in his 1997 blockbuster film.
John Jacob Astor VI (August 14, 1912 – June 26, 1992) was an American socialite, shipping businessman, and member of the Astor family.He was dubbed the "Titanic Baby" for his affiliation with the RMS Titanic; Astor was born four months after his father, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, died in the sinking of the Titanic.
In Titanic's final act, Jack saves Rose and ends up dying in the cold water while they a. Following Titanic's success, stars such as Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio continued to find success in ...
The Titanic 's Marconi Room, with Bride seated. Picture taken on 11 April 1912 by Francis Browne. In 1912 Bride joined the crew of the RMS Titanic as the junior wireless operator and assistant to Jack Phillips at Belfast, Ireland. Stories have appeared that Bride knew Phillips before the Titanic, but Bride stated that they had never met before ...