Last of Famed Canadian Quintuplets, Annette Dionne, Dies at 91

Annette Dionne holds a photo of herself and her sisters at a ceremony hosted by Parks Canada commemorating the national historic significance of the Dionnes’ birthplace in North Bay, Ont., on Aug. 5, 2018. The Canadian Press/Fred Thornhill

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 five Dionne sisters—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile, and Marie—made headlines after their birth on May 28, 1934. Born as identical, premature, and undersized infants, they were the first quintuplets at the time known to survive past infancy.