A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 27, 1985, American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied mountain gorillas in Africa for nearly 20 years, ...

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. 9pm Saturday GORILLAS IN THE MIST (1988) PG-13 Biographical Drama ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Atlanta, Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On December 26, 1985, Dr. Dian Fossey was tragically murdered in her cabin ...

She was the first to study gorillas in their natural environment: the high mountains of Rwanda, where she settled in 1967. For nearly twenty years, Dian Fossey lived with the gorillas, observed their ...

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The special, which centers on the mission to build the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda, debuts Sept. 23 with an encore presentation a day later for World Gorilla Day.