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Rest in peace Sir Richard Attenborough

25/08/2014 Leave a comment

I normally listen to the BBC World Service when I shave in the mornings but while listening to it this morning, I had a shock when I found out that Sir Richard Attenborough passed away. The prolific actor and director, who directed the Oscar-winning film Gandhi and also acted in one of my favourite shows, The Great Escape. The picture above is a still from the movie where he played Big X. One of the lines in the movie struck a chord with me. This is what it is:

One has to ask some very strange things in the job I have.

He will be missed. Rest in Peace Sir Richard