Richard Attenborough dies

[Captain Seafort]

Beeb

[Teaos]

"We have a T-Rex" RIP

[Graham Kennedy]

Saw him in The Great Escape just today. Yet another sad loss.

[Nutso]

Oh man. RIP.

[Griffin]

RIP In Peace Dinosaur man

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

RIP.

[Tinadrin Chelnor]

R.I.P. Another sad loss.

[Mikey]

Of course I'll always remember him for The Great Escape, but the memory I'll always have was of an event that occurred during the filming of the 1994 remake of A Miracle on 34th Street. My wife (then GF) and I were performing as extras for the parade scene. While resetting between takes, a golf cart comes down Central Park West carrying none other than Sir Richard Attenborough in costume. Although his driver/attendant showed no interest in slowing down among us peons, my wife - who had never seen The Great Escape - dashed past all of us paralyzed drooling fanbois and ran towards the cart yelling, "Santa!" Well, that man - already a knight of the realm and beholden to a bunch of extras not in the least - stopped, let my wife sit next to him, take some pics, and mug with him for an NBC magazine show. A man may become succesful, famous, even powerful within his own spheres; but character, generosity, and gregariousness are not qualities that are acquired with fame.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Of course I'll always remember him for The Great Escape, but the memory I'll always have was of an event that occurred during the filming of the 1994 remake of A Miracle on 34th Street. My wife (then GF) and I were performing as extras for the parade scene. While resetting between takes, a golf cart comes down Central Park West carrying none other than Sir Richard Attenborough in costume. Although his driver/attendant showed no interest in slowing down among us peons, my wife - who had never seen The Great Escape - dashed past all of us paralyzed drooling fanbois and ran towards the cart yelling, "Santa!" Well, that man - already a knight of the realm and beholden to a bunch of extras not in the least - stopped, let my wife sit next to him, take some pics, and mug with him for an NBC magazine show. A man may become succesful, famous, even powerful within his own spheres; but character, generosity, and gregariousness are not qualities that are acquired with fame.

That's a legit touching story. Thank you for posting it.