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Goodall, 91, died this week of natural causes in Los Angeles while on a speaking tour
She was slated to speak at UCLA on Friday, Oct. 3, as part of her tour
Assistant Mary Lewis says she was working with Goodall on a document just hours before Goodall's death was announced
Jane Goodall ’s longtime personal assistant says the late ethologist and conservationist was working until nearly the very end of her life — and that work will only continue to benefit the world.
“Everyone says, ‘Oh, we're at the end of an era,’ but the era isn't going to end,” says Mary Lewis, Goodall’s personal assistant of 30 years.
Goodall, 91, died of natural causes in Los Angeles while on a speaking tour, her namesake institute announced on Wednesday, Oct. 1,
Lewis, who also serves as vice pr