Legendary actor Richard Attenborough dies age 90
Attenborough, older brother of naturalist David, 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 probably best known for Gandhi, which won two Oscars.
