Necrology
Year: 1985
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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