Henrietta Lacks
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 74 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 1,1920 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Roanoke |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 4,1951 |
| Died | The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Baltimore | |
| Maryland | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | David Lacks |
| Children | David Lacks, Jr. |
| Deborah Lacks | |
| Elsie Lacks | |
| Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman | |
| Lawrence Lacks | |
| Siblings | Lawrence Pleasant |
| Gladys Pleasant Lacks | |
| Henry Pleasant | |
| John Randall II | |
| Charles Pleasant | |
| Lillian Pleasant | |
| Parents | Eliza Lacks Pleasant |
| John Randall Pleasant | |
| Height | 150 (cm) |
| Job | Housewife |
| Awards | Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Goodreads Author |
| Goodreads Choice Awards Best Nonfiction | |
| Place of burial | Lacks Family Cemetary, Clover, Virginia, United States |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 601791 |
Henrietta Lacks Life story
Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.