Henrietta Lacks was born in 1941 and died tragically in 1950 at the age of 31. Lacks is unknowingly famous for the out come of HeLa Cells the 1st immortal cells.

In 1950 Henrietta went to the hospital for a lump in her cervix that was creating her to have heavy abnormal bleeding. lacks was diagnosed with cancer of the cervix.

Henrietta Lacks