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  2. List of women who died in childbirth - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1857), maternal aunt of Gustave Slapoffski (she died in England) Hattie Shepparde (1874), first wife of Henry Hallam; Sumner Locke (1917) Daphne Akhurst (1933), five time consecutive winner of women's singles title at the Australian Championships from 1925 to 1930. Doreen Harrison (1953), mother of serial killer Catherine ...

  3. Karen Ann Quinlan - Wikipedia

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    Karen Ann Quinlan (March 29, 1954 – June 11, 1985) was an American woman who became an important figure in the history of the right to die controversy in the United States. When she was 21, Quinlan became unconscious after she consumed Valium along with alcohol while on a crash diet and lapsed into a coma, followed by a persistent vegetative ...

  4. Gerri Santoro - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Jessica Savitch - Wikipedia

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    He died on May 11, 1959, when he was 33 and Jessica was 12. ... Savitch was the network's second woman to anchor a weekend national newscast; ...

  6. Anna Nicole Smith - Wikipedia

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    On September 10, 2006, Smith's 20-year-old son Daniel Wayne Smith died in his mother's hospital room while visiting her and his half sister Dannielynn, who was born three days earlier on September 7. An autopsy found that Daniel had died from a combination of drugs, including methadone and antidepressants. A Bahamian jury determined that he had ...

  7. Cause of death revealed for Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie - AOL

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    Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie died in November at age 79. According to her death certificate she had a stroke and was diagnosed with cancer.

  8. Henrietta Lacks - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. African-American woman (1920–1951), source of HeLa immortal cell line "Lacks" redirects here. For other uses, see Lack. Henrietta Lacks Lacks c. 1945–1951. Born Loretta Pleasant (1920-08-01) August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Died October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04) (aged 31) Baltimore ...

  9. Elizabeth Glaser - Wikipedia

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    On December 3, 1994, Elizabeth Glaser died at the age of 47, from complications of HIV/AIDS, at her home in Santa Monica. [6] [2] Her son Jake, born in 1984, contracted HIV from his mother in utero, but has remained relatively healthy due to a mutation of the CCR5 gene that protects his white blood cells. [5]