RIP Richard Attenborough

[sprite75]

From the BBC;

Oscar-winning British film director Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90, his son has said.

Lord Attenborough was one of Britain's leading actors, before becoming a highly successful director.

In a career that spanned six decades, he appeared in films including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war thriller The Great Escape and later in dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park.

As a director he was perhaps best known for Gandhi, which won him two Oscars.

[akiratubo]

We're losing a lot of great ones.   

[JaseSF]

R.I.P.   

He was very talented.

[indianasmith]

He lost his granddaughter in the Boxing Day Tsunami about 10 years ago.  I heard he never got over it.
Hopefully they are together again.

[Trevor]

He was a brilliant filmmaker with one exception (Cry Freedom) and a brilliant actor with no exception.



Attenborough with Gordon Jackson.

[Trevor]

He lost his granddaughter in the Boxing Day Tsunami about 10 years ago.  I heard he never got over it.
Hopefully they are together again.

He also lost his daughter in that tsunami. 

[indianasmith]

I may have been mistaken - or did they both perish?  I just remember how devastated he was
when he gave his public statement.  My heart went out to the poor old man.

[Trevor]

I may have been mistaken - or did they both perish?  I just remember how devastated he was
when he gave his public statement.  My heart went out to the poor old man.

They both died, unfortunately.

[WingedSerpent]

The makes of Jurassic World released this image from the movie in his honor.

Not only was he in my favorite movie series (the Jurassic Park films), but I think he was one of my favorite Santa Claus from his role in the A Miracle on 34th Street.