00:00World Mourns Jane Goodall. Details emerge about her passing.
00:05On October 1st, 2025, Jane Goodall died at 91.
00:09She had earlier recorded a posthumous message for Netflix's famous Last Words.
00:14Goodall talked about hope, apathy, her life, and what she believed about death.
00:18I want to make sure that you all understand that each and every one of you has a role to play, Goodall said.
00:24Your life matters, and you are here for a reason.
00:27Every single day you live, you make a difference in the world, and you get to choose the difference that you make.
00:36Goodall was born in London in 1934.
00:39At eight years old, she read the Tarzan books and fell in love with Africa.
00:43She wanted to live among wild animals and write about them.
00:47Everyone laughed except her mother, who told her that determination and hard work could make it happen.
00:52From a poor family, Goodall studied secretarial work and took odd jobs to save money.
00:57At 23, she traveled to Kenya, where Louis Leakey, impressed by her passion for animals, hired her as his secretary.
01:05The job led Goodall to travel with Leakey to the Serengeti and Olduvai Gorge, where she observed wildlife.
01:11Impressed by her ease in the field, Leakey knew she was the right person for the job.
01:14Leakey selected Goodall to study chimps in Tanzania, valuing her untrained perspective.
01:23At 26 in 1960, she brought her mother, battled malaria, and patiently earned the trust of a chimp she named David Greybeard, defying the norm of numbering animals.
01:33Goodall saw a chimp use a twig as a tool, prompting Leakey to declare chimps must be seen as humans.
01:38Despite criticism, she earned a Ph.D. in 1965 and studied Gombe's chimps for 20 more years.
01:48Goodall co-founded the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 and, after seeing deforestation in 1986, expanded it and launched Roots and Shoots in 1991.
01:58Today, the Institute is in 25 cities, with Roots and Shoots in 60-plus countries.
02:07In her later years, Goodall traveled the world, received top honors, and wrote many books.
02:13She died naturally in 2025, leaving a legacy of compassion and curiosity.
02:18At Gombe, Fifi, the last chimp she knew from 1960, remains.
02:22And the long-running study continues.
02:25She once said some chimps are better than some people, and vice versa.
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