Richard Leakey, renowned conservationist and fossil hunter dies.

[JamesMike]

I was informed by friends in Kenya that Richard Leakey had passed away 2 January. He was a force to be reckoned with.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I was informed by friends in Kenya that Richard Leakey had passed away 2 January. He was a force to be reckoned with.

More than a force to be reckoned with; an utterly extraordinary - and amazing -human being.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I was informed by friends in Kenya that Richard Leakey had passed away 2 January. He was a force to be reckoned with.

I should mention that I attended a talk (an amazing talk) given by him at my university when I had just graduated and had just started my own post grad studies and had just started teaching there....this is embarrassing, a reminder of "tempus fugit", all of what is now perilously close to forty years ago.

Oh, dear.

He was a devastatingly articulate, informed, compelling - and - yes - attractive speaker.