Richard Attenborough dies aged 90

The Oscar-winning British actor, director and producer died in a nursing home on Sunday.
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Richard Attenborough in 2008. Image via www.answers.com

Best known as the Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, and more recently for appearing in the Jurassic Park films – a role that introduced him to a whole new generation of movie-goers – Richard Attenborough died in an English nursing home on Sunday. He was aged 90, and been confined to a wheelchair since injuring himself in a fall in 2008.

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