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He outlasted his brother by quite a while. Managed to travel more miles than nearly anyone else apart from popes and political leaders.
by nephihaha 6mo ago
He outlasted his brother by quite a while. Managed to travel more miles than nearly anyone else apart from popes and political leaders.
- gizajob 6mo agoDesperate not to let anyone else have a go at his job.
- nephihaha 6mo agoMaybe they won't: AI versions of his voice pop up everywhere now (especially older Attenborough) including on YouTube videos about Irish Republicanism of all things.
- IncreasePosts 6mo agoRemember when planet earth first came out? And they had sigourney weaver dub it for the American version? It was basically unwatchable.
- IncreasePosts 6mo agoWell, one brother lived til 90, which is still above average, and iirc he only died because of complications of a fall and would have lived longer without that bad luck. And one other brother who lived to 84 and was taken out by a rare neurological disease. So it's probably just that he has genetics for longevity in his family. And they were all wealthy which helps
- dingaling 6mo agoAnd apart from his film crews who actually shot the footage...
- abhinavk 6mo agoCrew ain't a single entity.
- nephihaha 6mo agoHe travelled with them on numerous occasions. In some of his earlier programmes, you can see him on location in the most farflung corners of the world. I am sure he has been to the Galápagos and Antarctica, on multiple occasions. In more recent times, Attenborough has just tended to do the voiceovers.