Jane Goodall, famed chimpanzee expert and wildlife advocate, dies at 91

British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall speaks during an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 22, 2017. 

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Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, has died at the age of 91, the institute she founded said on Wednesday.

Goodall died of natural causes while in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a social media post.