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12.27.1985

Gorilla expert Dian Fossey murdered in Rwanda

Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

12.27.1985

Dian Fossey, the famed gorilla researcher and conservationist, was found bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her cabin in Rwanda. She was buried in a graveyard beside many of the gorillas that she had spent a lifetime studying and trying to protect from poachers. Although her research assistant was convicted of the crime in absentia, there is no consensus about who was responsible for the killing.

Photo: Alamy Stock Photo
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