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- Birute Galdikas, a renowned primatologist, died on March 24 in Los Angeles at age 79 from lung cancer.
- She dedicated more than 50 years to studying and conserving wild orangutans in Borneo's rainforests.
- She was one of the "trimates," mentored by Louis Leakey, alongside Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey.
- She established the Orangutan Foundation International in 1986.
- She set up a research base in Tanjung Puting National Park in 1971.
