Remembering a great life
After her health began to deteriorate, Marie was sent to Sancellemoz Sanatorium in Passy, France to hopefully gain back some of her original strength. But, unfortunately, the results were quite upsetting. Instead of getting better, Marie died there on July 4, 1934 of aplastic anemia. This disease is caused by lengthened exposure to radiation. All her life, Marie had worked with radiation. Along with all the test she took to find the amount of radioactivity in a substance, Marie was said to have carried around radioactive elements in her pockets daily. The time she spent working with radiation led to her death at the age of 66. Today there are a handful of institutes and medical centers that are named after the one and only, Marie Curie. This shows her lasting impression that Marie has on our society today