Richard Leakey, a renowned Kenyan conservationist whose work was frequently featured in film and television documentaries, died today at age 77.
Details on what he died from and where were not revealed.The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta issued the announcement of his death.“I have this afternoon… received with deep sorrow the sad news of the passing away of Dr Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, Kenya’s former Head of Public Service,” said Kenyatta.Leakey was the middle son of famed paleoanthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey.
He had no formal archaeological training of his own, but led expeditions in the 1970s that made groundbreaking discoveries of early hominid fossils.His work was frequently spotlighted on film and television programming.
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