It looks like a broader push to βdecolorizeβ fake history is needed.
βHigher up on Titanic, Ben Guggenheim had now taken off his life belt - trading it for his best evening clothes. His servant had done the same. Guggenheim said, βWeβve dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.β To Steward Johnson and to his secretary, he said, βIf you should be saved, please tell my wife that Iβve done my best in doing my duty. Tell her that I played the game straight to the end and that no woman was left onboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim was a coward. Tell her that my last thoughts will be of her and our girls.β