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Sadako Sasaki | |
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 Sasaki in 1955 | |
| Born | Sadako Sasaki January 7, 1943 Kusunoki, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | October 25, 1955 (aged 12) Red Cross Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| Resting place | Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Student |
Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子, Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who became a victim of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. She was two years of age when the bombs were dropped and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years, becoming one of the most widely known hibakusha—a Japanese term meaning "bomb-affected person". She is remembered through the story of the more than one thousand origami cranes she folded before her death. She died at the age of 12 on October 25, 1955, at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital.