Percy Lavon's Death
Born (Birthday) Apr 11, 1899
Death Date April 19, 1975
Age of Death 76 years
Cause of Death Liver Cancer
Profession Chemist
The chemist Percy Lavon died at the age of 76. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
One of the first African-Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry who synthesized some of the earliest plant-derived medicine. He was also the African-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
He was born in Montgomery, Alabama, his father a former slave.