Annette Dionne, the last of the surviving famed Canadian quintuplets born during the Great Depression era, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 91.
The Dionnes—Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, and Marie—made headlines after their birth on May 28, 1934. They were the first quintuplets at the time that were known to survive past infancy.
The Dionne Quints Home Museum in North Bay, Ont., confirmed Dionne’s death in an interview with The Epoch Times.
Ed Valenti, chair of the Dionne Quints Heritage Board, said that Annette was the last quintuplet to die and also the last of the Dionne family, where there were 14 children in total….