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His family acknowledged that "his legacy will live on" and said they considered themselves "lucky" to have watched him doing what he loved throughout his career.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

His legacy will live on in the Woodson Center he founded in 1981 to promote self-help solutions in low-income neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

For Muir, Attenborough's legacy "will live on forever, within the people making the films, the conservationists, the scientists, he's inspired so many people."

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Your greatest retirement risk may be something that’s unknowable: how long you will live.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

“Exactly so. They have lived,” said Irian, “since the beginning of human life, and they will live until the end of human existence. Perhaps beyond. And they do not forget.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell