Jane Goodall , the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in California. She was 91.

The Jane Goodall institute issued a statement , saying, “The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

She had been set to speak in Los Angeles at UCLA on Friday.

Her work was covered in detail in the 2017 documentary “Jane,” assembled from 140 hours of footage that had been hidden in National Geographic’s archives. It won two Primetime Emmys and several other awards.

She was the subject of more t

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