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James Watson believed that, had she not died, ideally, Franklin would have been awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 July 1920","date":"1920-07-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7474#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Notting Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215354"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7474#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 April 1958","date":"1958-04-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7474#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Royal Marsden Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50575536"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7474#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom of Great Britain 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