A never-before-seen letter penned by a lovestruck passenger on the Titanic reveals that a romance between a real-life Jack Dawson and his Rose may have actually existed. A letter recovered from the body of Ernest Tomlin showed that the 21-year-old who boarded the doomed ship in Southampton, England was heartbroken over his failed courtship of a woman named Rose. The letter dated April 10, 1912 reads, “Dearest Mother and all... Do not tell anybody, but I showed up to have a good cry 24 hours ago, which would give me back my Rose, but crying will not do that, will it?” Tomlin shares some similarities with Jack Dawson, the heartthrob Titanic victim played by Leonardo DiCaprio in James Cameron’s classic film depiction of the incident. Both were third-class passengers and gambling enthusiasts p

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