Overview
- The invitation-only, livestreamed ceremony at Washington National Cathedral drew hundreds, with an urn holding her ashes set before the altar.
- Leonardo DiCaprio eulogized Goodall as a “teacher” who “led with hope” and urged mourners to continue her mission.
- Dignitaries including Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chris Coons, chef José Andrés and Dr. Francis S. Collins attended, as therapy dogs lined the steps and a plush chimp honored her research.
- Speakers from her family and Indigenous communities pledged to carry forward her work through the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots youth network in dozens of countries.
- Goodall died Oct. 1 in Los Angeles at 91 of natural causes during a U.S. speaking tour, following a lifetime of research that reshaped understanding of chimpanzees.