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Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blun; February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) was a German-American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus, U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. She and her husband died during the sinking of the Titanic.
Aug 3, 2022 · Rosalie Ida Straus, wife of Macy's department store co-owner Isidor Straus, died alongside her husband when the RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Ida and Isidor Straus refused to leave each other's side — even if it meant going down with the Titanic.
First Class Passenger. Mrs Isidor Straus (Rosalie Ida Blun), 63, of New York, NY, boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her husband Isidor Straus, her maid Ms Ellen Bird and his manservant John Farthing. The Straus's occupied cabins C-55-57. Daily Sketch, April 19, 1912.
Isidor and Ida Straus, the elderly couple depicted in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster, chose to stay aboard the sinking ship so that others may live.
Jun 22, 2023 · They're based on Isidor and Ida Straus, a real couple who died in the 1912 sinking. Their descendant, Wendy Rush, is married to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is aboard the Titan.
Dec 8, 2017 · While Titanic director James Cameron, who celebrates the 20th anniversary of his Oscar-winning film on December 19, took some artistic license on the moment, the ill-fated lovers in the scene are based on two very real people: Isidor Straus, 67, and his wife Ida Straus, 63.
Apr 4, 2022 · That man and woman were Cameron's nod to Isidor and Ida Straus, a wealthy American businessman and his wife, who were real passengers on the doomed ship. They refused special treatment and instead chose to die together.
Mar 8, 2017 · Rosalie Ida Strauss was a German-American, born in Worms, Germany, in 1849. At 22, Ida married Isidor Straus, a 26-year-old Palatinate-born American businessman and co-owner of Macy’s department store. Together they had seven children of whom one died in infancy.
Mar 30, 2023 · The Yiddish music written in memory of Isidor and Ida Straus reveals the empathy that Jews had for them.
Jun 22, 2023 · 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...
