DiCaprio hails 'dear friend' and 'hero' Goodall

London [UK], October 3: Oscar-winning actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio has led tributes to his "dear friend" and personal "hero," Jane Goodall, following her death at the age of 91. The conservationist, who was the world's leading expert on chimpanzee behaviour, died from "natural causes" in California, The Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on Wednesday. Tributes have since poured in for the ethologist, who began researching free-living chimpanzees in Tanzania in 1960, a time when it was unheard of for a woman to venture into the wilds of Africa. Hollywood actor DiCaprio, said "we all must carry the torch" for Goodall and protect "our one shared home," in a post to Instagram on Wednesday. The Titanic star, 50, shared photos of him and Goodall who was made a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002, 12 years before DiCaprio was also given the honorific title. (dpa)
Source: Qatar Tribune