There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.

In 2009 Jenny Lawrence edited and publiWalter Lordd The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books. Death

Lord a lifelong bachelor died on May 19 2002 after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease at his Manhattan home at the age of 84. John Walter Lord Jr.

(October 8 1917 – May 19 2002) was an American author best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.