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 Dian Fossey

Born: January 16th, 1932

Died: December 26th, 1985

Famous For:  Zoologist, Activist for Gorilla Survival, Subject of the 1988 Film Gorillas in the Mist

Cause of Death:  Murdered by a machete splitting her skull by an unknown assailant while in her cabin

Burial Place:  Gorilla Cemetery, Karisoke, Kibungo, Rwanda


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