Henrietta got married on April 10, 1941, to David Lacks.
Henrietta found out about her Cervical Cancer on January 29, 1951 when she took a blood test.
The scientists finally told Henrietta family around 1970s and named the cell line HeLa.
But what the doctors really didn't tell her was her cancer cells were invincible because they didn't die after they were out in the open space but they thrived.
Over a period of time, Henrietta's cancer got worse and worse she died at age 31 in the Jhon Hopkins Hopsital
Because of Henrietta's cells, many, many, many, many lives were saved.