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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Ida straus - Caught on Camera

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

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

Titanic couple’s gold pocket watch could sell for £800,000 at auction

First class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus were portrayed in James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic movie

Evening Standard

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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

OceanGate CEO’s Wife Descendant Of Titanic Heroes

Wendy Rush, descendant of Isidor and Ida Straus, linked to tragic tale of chivalry aboard the doomed liner.

Zenger

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.

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The wife of OceanGate's CEO is descended from a famous couple who died on the Titanic

Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO and the pilot on its missing sub, is married to the great-great-granddaughter of Ida and Isidor Straus. Their story inspired an iconic scene in James Cameron's movie.

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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

Wales Online

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

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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

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