From the June 8, 2012, Albany (NY) Times Union by Paul Grondahl.
Visitors to Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands have usually been told that two Titanic survivors are buried there. But most likely, it is just one.
In February of 2012, information that Arthur Bright, who died in 1921 in Albany at age 49 was not, in fact, a British crew member. Most likely the Arthur Bright who was a crew member was Arthur John Bright, who died in Southampton, England in 1955 at age 86.
Michael Hornak of Poughkeepsie researched it after the other Arthur Bright came to light in 2006. Bright was the ship's quartermaster and testified before Congress, saying the front section of the ship went down a few minutes before the stern..
But, who is buried in the grave at Albany Rural Cemetery who came to Albany at age 50 and lived at 50 Dove Street in the Center Square neighborhood before dying of tuberculosis May 21, 1921?
Definitely Gilbert M. Tucker, an 1998 Albany Academy graduate who died in 1968 was a Titanic survivor and he is buried at the cemetery.
--Cooter
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