Editing Rosalind Franklin (section)

===Illness, death, and burial===
In mid-1956, while on a work-related trip to the United States, Franklin first began to suspect a health problem. While in New York, she found difficulty in zipping her skirt; her stomach had bulged. Back in London, Franklin consulted Mair Livingstone,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Livingstone |first=Anna Eleri |date=2015-05-18 |title=Mair Eleri Morgan Thomas |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2627 |journal=BMJ |language=en |volume=350 |pages=h2627 |doi=10.1136/bmj.h2627 |issn=1756-1833}}</ref> who asked her, "You're not pregnant?" to which she retorted, "I wish I were." Her case was marked "URGENT".<ref>Maddox, p. 284.</ref> An operation on 4 September of the same year revealed two tumors in her abdomen.<ref>Maddox, p. 285.</ref> After this period and other periods of hospitalisation, Franklin spent time convalescing with various friends and family members. These included Anne Sayre, Francis Crick, his wife Odile, with whom Franklin had formed a strong friendship,<ref name="Maddox, p. 288"/> and finally with the Roland and Nina Franklin family where Rosalind's nieces and nephews bolstered her spirits.

Franklin chose not to stay with her parents because her mother's uncontrollable grief and crying upset her too much. Even while undergoing cancer treatment, Franklin continued to work, and her group continued to produce results – seven papers in 1956 and six more in 1957.<ref>Maddox, p. 292.</ref> At the end of 1957 Franklin again fell ill and she was admitted to the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]]. On 2 December she made her will. Franklin named her three brothers as executors and made her colleague Aaron Klug the principal beneficiary, who would receive £3,000 and her Austin car. Of her other friends, Mair Livingstone would get £2,000, Anne Piper £1,000, and her nurse Miss Griffith £250. The remainder of the estate was to be used for charities.<ref>Maddox, p. 301.</ref>

Franklin returned to work in January 1958 and was also given a promotion to Research Associate in Biophysics on 25 February.<ref>Maddox, p. 302.</ref> She fell ill again on 30 March and died a few weeks later on 16 April 1958 in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London,<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1958 5c 257 CHELSEA – Rosalind E. Franklin, age 37.</ref><ref>Maddox, pp. 305–307.</ref> of [[bronchopneumonia]], secondary [[carcinomatosis]], and [[ovarian cancer]]. [[Health effects of radiation|Exposure to X-ray radiation]] is sometimes considered to be a possible factor in Franklin's illness.<ref name="nova-photo51">{{cite web |title=Defending Franklin's Legacy |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/elkin.html |work=Secret of Photo 51 |series=[[Nova (American TV program)|NOVA]] |access-date=10 November 2010}}Along with genetic predisposition; opinion of CSU's Lynne Osman Elkin; see also March 2003 ''Physics Today''</ref>
Other members of her family have died of cancer, and the incidence of [[gynaecological cancer]] is known to be disproportionately high among [[Ashkenazi Jews]].<ref>Maddox, p.320.</ref> Franklin's death certificate states: ''A Research Scientist, Spinster, Daughter of Ellis Arthur Franklin, a Banker.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Ruby J. |title=Historical Profile: Rosalind Franklin |url=http://www.dumbofeather.com/conversation/historical-profile-rosalind-franklin/ |access-date=27 August 2014 |work=Dumbo Feather |year=2011}}</ref> She was interred on 17 April 1958 in the family plot at [[Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery]] at Beaconsfield Road in [[London Borough of Brent]]. The inscription on her tombstone reads:<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosalind Franklin tomb |url=http://himetop.wikidot.com/rosalind-franklin-tomb |work=Himetop |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Meyer |last2=Friedland |first2=Gerald W. |title=Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries |publisher=Universities Press |isbn=978-81-7371-226-5 |page=227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yI1hQVyJSJgC&pg=PA227|year=1999 }}</ref>
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IN MEMORY OF <br /> ROSALIND ELSIE FRANKLIN <br /> מ' רחל בת ר' יהודה [Rochel/Rachel daughter of Yehuda, her father's Hebrew name]<br /> DEARLY LOVED ELDER DAUGHTER OF <br /> ELLIS AND MURIEL FRANKLIN <br /> 25<small>TH</small> JULY 1920&nbsp;– 16<small>TH</small> APRIL 1958 <br /> SCIENTIST <br /> HER RESEARCH AND DISCOVERIES ON <br /> VIRUSES REMAIN OF LASTING BENEFIT <br /> TO MANKIND <br /> ת נ צ ב ה [Hebrew initials for "her soul shall be bound in the bundle of life"]
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Franklin's will was proven on 30 June with her estate assessed for probate at £11,278 10s. 9d. (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|11278.5375|1958|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}).<ref name="probate">{{cite web |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Franklin&yearOfDeath=1958&page=6#calendar |title=Franklin, Rosalind Elsie |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=1958 |website=probatesearchservice.gov |publisher=UK Government |access-date=14 September 2021 }}</ref>