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James D. Watson
BornApr 6, 1928
DiedNov 6, 2025
Age97
Stiff · November 6, 2025

James D. Watson

Discovered the double helix, won a Nobel Prize, then said so many racist things that his own lab stripped his honorary titles. Unzipped at 97.

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