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Dian Fossey (, January 16, 1932 – c.) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her 1985 murder. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.

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Born	Dian Fozzey 16 January 1932 San Francisco, CA, USA
Died	26 December 1985 (aged 53) Karisoke, Rwanda
Zodiac	Capricorn
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