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Wallace Hartley

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Violinist
Died
Apr 15, 1912
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
England
About
Remembered as the leader of the band that kept playing on after the RMS Titanic had hit an iceberg, this violinist went down with the "unsinkable" ship.
Family
The son of Methodist choirmaster Albion Hartley, he was born in Colne, Lancashire, England. At the time of his death, he was engaged to Maria Robinson, who had engraved a message on the beloved violin that remained strapped across his chest as he was drowning.

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