"DiCaprio praised Goodall's commitment to education and to empathy for chimpanzees and other great apes. "Jane Goodall devoted her life to protecting our planet and giving a voice to the wild animals and the ecosystems they inhabit.," he wrote. "Her groundbreaking research on Chimpanzees in Tanzania transformed our understanding of how our closest relatives live, socialize, and think-reminding us that we are deeply connected not only to Chimpanzees and the other great apes, but to all life.""
"They were first photographed together in 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly. In 2019, he wrote an op ed in Timein celebration of the conservationist's 85th birthday. As recently as last year, the pair were working together on a movie told from the perspective of an abandoned dog and his unlikely wolf friend. Goodall and DiCaprio maintained an unlikely friendship all their own, including a text chain apparently. "My last message to Jane was simple: 'You are my hero,'""
Leonardo DiCaprio paused his One Battle After Another press tour to mourn Jane Goodall, who died at 91 according to the Jane Goodall Institute. He posted an extended Instagram tribute praising her commitment to education and empathy for chimpanzees and other great apes and quoting her dedication to protecting the planet and ecosystems. Goodall's chimpanzee research in Tanzania is credited with transforming understanding of primate social life and cognition. DiCaprio and Goodall shared a long friendship beginning with a 2016 photograph at the United Nations, a 2019 op-ed celebration, recent film collaboration, and personal messages urging others to carry the torch for conservation.
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