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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [ 1 ] was an African-American woman [ 4 ] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [ A ] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...
Dr. Donald Payne. . . ( m. 1981; died 1981) . Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone ...
Signature. Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 [ a] – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the US, and Soviet Russia ...
Aemilia Scaura (82 BC), daughter of the Roman patrician Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. Cornelia (69 BC), wife of Julius Caesar, mother of Julia, who also died in childbirth. Julia (54 BC), daughter of Julius Caesar and fourth wife of Pompey. Tullia (45 BC), daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Keith Christopher. (1957–1998) American actor and singer who was best known for roles of HIV positive characters in NBC soap opera Another World and CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light . [ 13][ 14][ 15] Brad Davis. (1949–1991) American actor; played the part of Billy Hayes in the film Midnight Express .
born Francesca Isabel Natividad, Mexican actress; died of kidney failure at age 74. diagnosed in 1999 at age 51. [50] Alla Nazimova. (1879–1945) born Marem-Ides (Adelaida Yakovlevna) Leventon, Russian-born American actress; survived breast cancer, but died due to a coronary thrombosis at age 66. diagnosed in 1936 at age 57.
Clyde Dixon. Geraldine " Gerri " Santoro ( née Twerdy; August 16, 1935 – June 8, 1964) was an American woman who died after receiving an unsafe abortion in 1964. A police photograph of her dead body, published by Ms. in 1973, became a symbol for the abortion-rights movement in the United States .
Bookkeeper, US Army Corps. Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) [1] was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photography student took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car. The photograph of the dead lady had a "beautiful ...