Richard Attenborough dies aged 90 (bbc.co.uk)

For some of the younger people here, I highly recommend The Great Escape [1] if you're in a mood for a great WWII movie.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/

Not to be confused with his brother, the naturalist and broadcaster, David Attenborough. Took me a moment to grok that.

Still, a great has passed.

I thought it was David Attenborough, the best nature program presenter there is. I'm relieved to see it isn't Sir David... this is sad nonetheless of course...

how sad - he handed me my degree when I graduated. A friend of mine felt his beard on stage :)

Albert Einstein said of Mahatma Gandhi: "Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this Earth."

When we were in school our class was taken to see the film "Gandhi". Our usually noisy class sat stunned throughout. Thanks to Attenborough the hope of Einstein came true.