Archive for August 24th, 2014

ACTOR/DIRECTOR DIES AT 90

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Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough
(29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014)

Acclaimed actor and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film
career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died.

The actor’s son, Michael Attenborough told the BBC that his father died Sunday,
after having been in poor health for some time.

In March 2013, in light of his deteriorating health, Attenborough moved into a
nursing home in London.

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Publicity photo of Richard Attenborough in Flight
of the Phoenix
(1965)

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Attenborough in Jurrassic Park (1993)

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Richard Attenborough from Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

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BUILD YOUR HOME THE FENNER WAY!

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From the  Oregonian, 11-14-1920

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1911

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Homer Durward Kirby (August 24, 1911 – March 15, 2000)

Television host and announcer Durward Kirby is best remembered
for The Garry Moore Show in the 1950s and Candid Camera, which
he co-hosted with Allen Funt from 1961 through 1966.

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