Felicia Kentridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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South African lawyer (1930-2015)
Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1930
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Date of Death: 07-Jun-2015
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Felicia Kentridge
- Felicia Kentridge (née Geffen; 7 August 1930 – 7 June 2015) was a South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist who co-founded the South African Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in 1979.
- The LRC represented black South Africans against the apartheid state and overturned numerous discriminatory laws; Kentridge was involved in some of the Centre's landmark legal cases.
- Kentridge and her husband, the prominent lawyer Sydney Kentridge, remained involved with the LRC after the end of apartheid, though they moved permanently to England in the 1980s.
- In her later years, Kentridge took up painting, and her son William Kentridge became a famous artist.
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