British chimp expert Jane Goodall dies aged 91

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Jane Goodall, the British expert on humans' closest relatives chimpanzees and an animal rights campaigner, has died in California aged 91.

In a statement, The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she died of natural causes in California, where she was set to appear as part of a speaking tour.

She was best known as a primatologist who revolutionised the study of wild chimpanzees.