Famed primatologist Jane Goodall, who was scheduled to appear at an event Wednesday Pasadena, has died at age 91 from natural causes.

According to the Jane Goodall Institute, she “passed away due to natural causes.

“She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States,” according to a statement posted on social media by the Jane Goodall Institute. “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”

Goodall had been scheduled to speak at a late-morning event at EF Academy in Pasadena to announce a student-led effort to plant more than 5,000 trees in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities over the next three to five years. The effort, known as T

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