Jane Goodall, in Netflix's "Famous Last Words," is sharing what she would want to be remembered for after her death.

The famed chimpanzee researcher, who died Oct. 1, said in the video released Oct. 3 she would want to be remembered as "somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times, because without hope, we fall into apathy and do nothing."

"And in the dark times that we are living in now, if people don't have hope, we're doomed," Goodall said. "And how can we bring little children into this dark world we've created and let them be surrounded by people who've given up?"

She continued: "Even if this is the end of humanity as we know it, let's fight to the very end. Let's let the children know, you know, that there is hope if they get together. And even if it becomes impossible for anybody, it's better to go on fighting to the end than just to give up and say, 'Okay.'"

While Goodall's "deeply reflective conversation about her legacy" was recorded earlier this year, according to Netflix, her "final words" and how she wants to be remembered were recorded "with the understanding that it would only be shared with the world after she passed."

Netflix, last year, had greenlit "Famous Last Words" by producer Brad Falchuk, Variety reported, which would feature interviews with major culture icons and air their final words only after they died. Goodall's words are the first of those interviews, according to Variety. The interviews will be preserved and housed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which also serves as producer.

What was Jane Goodall's cause of death?

Goodall, 91, died due to natural causes while she was in California on a cross-country speaking tour, according to The Jane Goodall Institute.

Who was Jane Goodall?

Goodall was a British ethologist – a scientist who studies animal behavior within their habitat. She had no formal training when she embarked on a study of chimpanzees in what would become Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Africa, in the early 1960s. Goodall skyrocketed to fame thanks in part to a National Geographic documentary about her fieldwork and used her science celebrity status to advance conservation efforts for chimpanzees and other endangered species through her eponymous foundation.

"I passionately care about the natural world of which we are a part and which we depend. I love it," Goodall told USA TODAY in 2021. "I passionately care about animals. I want to fight the fact that many are becoming extinct and I want to fight the cruelty."

In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute, helping continue the long-running study of chimpanzees in the Gombe and boost conservation efforts for other species around the globe. Its Roots & Shoots program, established in 1991, also engages young people in local efforts to protect animals and the environment.

"Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the institute said in statement on social media.

A United Nations Messenger of Peace, Goodall was appointed a Dame of the British Empire in 2003 and awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.

Contributing: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Keith Matheny, USA TODAY / Reuters

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