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Henrietta's obituary

Henrietta "Loretta Pleasent" Lacks, 31, of Clover, Virginia, passed away on October 04, 1951 from Cervical Cancer. Henrietta was predeceased by her mother Eliza Lacks and her daughter Elsie Lacks. She is survived by Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman, her husband of ten years Day Lacks, her daughter Deborah Lacks.

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Henrietta "Loretta Pleasent" Lacks