Overview
- An invitation-only service was held Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral and livestreamed, with the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde presiding.
- Leonardo DiCaprio remembered Goodall as a steadfast voice of optimism who focused on solutions and human connection.
- Hundreds attended, including Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chris Coons, José Andrés, and Dr. Francis S. Collins, while grandson Merlin van Lawick delivered a personal eulogy.
- An urn with her ashes was placed in the cathedral as mourners noted symbolic touches including a stuffed chimpanzee and an honor guard of therapy dogs.
- The Jane Goodall Institute confirmed she died Oct. 1 in California at 91 of natural causes during a U.S. speaking tour, as her institute and Roots & Shoots carry forward her global legacy.