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Helia Bravo Hollis married Jose
Clemente Robles, one of Mexico's first neurosurgeons. They divorced after a decade of marriage without having children. Bravo retired at the age of 90 due to her arthritis. She died on September 26, 2001, only four days before her 100th birthday.
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She co-founded the
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The Helia Bravo Hollis
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was named in Helia's honor by Curt
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in 1921. Bravo published her first book in 1937. Her best-recognized work,
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descriptions, and 59 reclassifications. She published her first work in
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