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Richard Attenborough died at age 90, impressive. Check out the death cause, death date, and more facts about the circumstances surrounding director Richard Attenborough's death.

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British director who won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for the 1982 film Gandhi. He also played John Hammond in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Jurassic Park.

He married English actress Sheila Sim in 1945. He had three children: Michael, Jane and Charlotte.

How did Richard Attenborough die?

Richard Attenborough's death was caused by disease.

Information about the death of Richard Attenborough
Cause of deathDisease
Age of death90 years
ProfessionDirector
BirthdayAugust 29, 1923
Death dateAugust 24, 2014
Place of deathDenville Hall, Northwood, United Kingdom
Place of burialSt Mary Magdalene, Richmond Church, Richmond, United Kingdom

Quotes

If you’ve ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean.

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I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that’s ever lived. He lived in the 18th century; as you all know, he was an Englishman who was involved in the writing of American Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, the French Constitution, wrote the great book called ‘The Rights of Man’ – commercial over.

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I very, very, very rarely lose my temper. I do get cross sometimes when encountering something that I feel is improper, that I feel is lacking in justice and equity, and this all sounds very pompous and over the top – but these are the things that really upset me: intolerance, prejudice etc. I suppose in more mundane matters, I’m impatient.

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I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that’s ever lived.

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If I were able to write, I probably would. But movies have given me a part of my life where I can express feelings and bring convictions to an audience as if I could write. So I made ‘Gandhi’ about human relations, prejudice and the empire. In ‘Cry Freedom’ I expressed my horror and disgust about apartheid.

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