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* Eleanor Hibben; Wildlife Cinematographer

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Eleanor Hibben, 93, one of the first women to take pictures of dangerous wild animals. Mrs. Hibben was a cinematographer, capturing animals from around the world on film. Her movies became part of a nature series created by Walt Disney Studios. She and her husband, Frank Hibben, an internationally known anthropologist, big game hunter and retired University of New Mexico professor, had a yearlong network television series in the 1950s. Their expeditions took them to all seven continents and included 26 African safaris. Mrs. Hibben also worked on behalf of nature and animal organizations. She was the first woman president of the American Nature Assn., which publishes Nature magazine. In Albuquerque on Monday of cancer.

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