Don Lynch
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Don Lynch is a historian with the Titanic Historical Society
. He co-authored the book Titanic: An Illustrated History in 1992 with Ken Marschall
and later co-authored Ghosts of the Abyss. Lynch has an extensive collection of Titanic memorabilia and even more extensive knowledge of the subject, having researched the RMS Titanic along with Marschall since the early 1970s. His research includes interviews with survivors of the maritime disaster and dives to the Titanic shipwreck at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He has collaborated with several other authors and documentary filmmakers as a consultant and archival material supplier. Lynch has appeared on several television documentaries about the sinking of the Titanic.
Lynch assisted James Cameron
during the production of the film Titanic
in 1997 and also appears, uncredited, in the film as passenger Frederick Spedden in two scenes. In his first scene, he watches his character's son spin a top on the boat deck. Then, just after the crash, he tosses a chunk of ice to another first class passenger.
At one time, Lynch also worked as Controller for a division of a major defense company where he was manager over several people.
Titanic Historical Society
The Titanic Historical Society, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1963, whose purpose is the preservation of the history of the famous ocean liner RMS Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912, in one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.Headquartered in Indian Orchard,...
. He co-authored the book Titanic: An Illustrated History in 1992 with Ken Marschall
Ken Marschall
Ken Marschall is an artist notable for his paintings of famous ocean liners, such as the and the . His paintings have been used in many books about the Titanic, most notably his depictions of the sinking, of which no photographs that could be used were taken.He has served as consultant to many...
and later co-authored Ghosts of the Abyss. Lynch has an extensive collection of Titanic memorabilia and even more extensive knowledge of the subject, having researched the RMS Titanic along with Marschall since the early 1970s. His research includes interviews with survivors of the maritime disaster and dives to the Titanic shipwreck at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He has collaborated with several other authors and documentary filmmakers as a consultant and archival material supplier. Lynch has appeared on several television documentaries about the sinking of the Titanic.
Lynch assisted James Cameron
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
during the production of the film Titanic
Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...
in 1997 and also appears, uncredited, in the film as passenger Frederick Spedden in two scenes. In his first scene, he watches his character's son spin a top on the boat deck. Then, just after the crash, he tosses a chunk of ice to another first class passenger.
At one time, Lynch also worked as Controller for a division of a major defense company where he was manager over several people.