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(August 24, 2014) - Actor and director Richard Attenborough dies at age 90. The Oscar-winning director of"Gandhi" and an unflagging pillar to British cinema presided over six decades of British movie making as both an actor and filmmaker with a genial warmth that endeared him to his fans and fellow actors. The BBC reported Attenborough had been in poor health for some time and in a wheelchair since falling down stairs six years ago. He spent the last few years in a nursing home with his wife.
In 60-plus years of acting, he amassed nearly 70 credits, including "Brighton Rock," "The Great Escape," "Doctor Doolittle," "10 Rillington Place," "Jurassic Park" and the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
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(August 24, 2014) - Actor and director Richard Attenborough dies at age 90. The Oscar-winning director of"Gandhi" and an unflagging pillar to British cinema presided over six decades of British movie making as both an actor and filmmaker with a genial warmth that endeared him to his fans and fellow actors. The BBC reported Attenborough had been in poor health for some time and in a wheelchair since falling down stairs six years ago. He spent the last few years in a nursing home with his wife.
In 60-plus years of acting, he amassed nearly 70 credits, including "Brighton Rock," "The Great Escape," "Doctor Doolittle," "10 Rillington Place," "Jurassic Park" and the 1994 remake of "Miracle on 34th Street."
As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
More here: ow.ly/AFXil
"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
