# Help finding magzine article \[Possibly 'Life' magazine 1987\]

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**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-magzine-article-possibly-life-magazine-1987/761051 "2016-07-27T18:32:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-magzine-article-possibly-life-magazine-1987/761051/1 "2016-07-27T18:32:07Z")

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Apparently the movie “Gorillas in the Mist” about Dian Fossey was mostly based on a 1987 Life magazine article. I’ll take that on face value, but I haven’t been able to determine exactly which month–so I can’t be completely sure that 1987 is correct–but that’s what everyone says.

Anyone???

Side note: Dian Fossey’s life–aside from her conservationism–would be perfect fodder for a “Lifetime” tv-movie or miniseries.

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**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-magzine-article-possibly-life-magazine-1987/761051/2 "2016-07-27T18:37:50Z")

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Looks like it may have been November 1986. Can’t find the full article, but here is the citation, from a Gale database.

Hayes, Harold. “The dark romance of Dian Fossey; caring for gorillas more than people was fatal.” Life Nov. 1986: 64+. General OneFile. Web. 27 July 2016.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-magzine-article-possibly-life-magazine-1987/761051/3 "2016-07-27T18:44:39Z")

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Thanks. I’ll give that a shot. That’s the right author, and the time is close enough. I’d already looked at covers in that time frame and saw nothing about gorillas.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-magzine-article-possibly-life-magazine-1987/761051/4 "2016-07-27T19:51:06Z")

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Our Lifes are in storage right now, so I can’t check the bound copies.