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Sadako Sasaki was a victim of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan, in August, 1945. But she lived for 10 years after the bombing and died at the age of 12 on October 25, 1955. She was born on January 7, 1943.
She died of acute malignant lymph gland leukemia, which is attributable to her exposure to high levels of radiation. Hospitalized for 8 months before her death, she folded 1000 origami cranes, which legend says granted a wish to the folder. Her wish was to survive her illness, but she did not. Her story was the basis of the fictional novel "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" (1977).

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