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  • David Attenborough is going to be 100 in May

    From RonO@rokimoto557@gmail.com to talk-origins on Thu Apr 9 17:38:48 2026
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    Amazon Prime has a BBC special up where they had a 90 year celebration
    in 2016 for David Attenborough. It looks like he is going to beat
    Sewell Wright who lived to be 99 and was probably active in science
    until he died. I looked it up and Attenborough's birthday is May 8th
    1926. He started with the BBC in 1954 as host for a zoo show. He is
    the only person to have won a BAFTA award for black and white, colour
    (UK), high definition, 3D and 4K resolution. I hope that I am still
    doing as well if I ever get to be 100.

    Ron Okimoto

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  • From Mark Isaak@specimenNOSPAM@curioustaxon.omy.net to talk-origins on Sun Apr 12 19:52:16 2026
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    On 4/9/26 3:38 PM, RonO wrote:
    Amazon Prime has a BBC special up where they had a 90 year celebration
    in 2016 for David Attenborough.-a It looks like he is going to beat
    Sewell Wright who lived to be 99 and was probably active in science
    until he died.-a I looked it up and Attenborough's birthday is May 8th 1926.-a He started with the BBC in 1954 as host for a zoo show.-a He is
    the only person to have won a BAFTA award for black and white, colour
    (UK), high definition, 3D and 4K resolution.-a I hope that I am still
    doing as well if I ever get to be 100.

    Attenborough is also the oldest person to win an Emmy (beating out Dick
    Van Dyke by one year).
    --
    Mark Isaak
    "Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
    doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell

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  • From RonO@rokimoto557@gmail.com to talk-origins on Fri May 8 08:51:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: talk.origins

    On 4/9/2026 5:38 PM, RonO wrote:
    Amazon Prime has a BBC special up where they had a 90 year celebration
    in 2016 for David Attenborough.-a It looks like he is going to beat
    Sewell Wright who lived to be 99 and was probably active in science
    until he died.-a I looked it up and Attenborough's birthday is May 8th 1926.-a He started with the BBC in 1954 as host for a zoo show.-a He is
    the only person to have won a BAFTA award for black and white, colour
    (UK), high definition, 3D and 4K resolution.-a I hope that I am still
    doing as well if I ever get to be 100.

    Ron Okimoto

    https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/david-attenborough-excited-hushed-voice-nature-programs-turns-100-rcna344192

    Attenborough turns 100.

    Ron Okimoto

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  • From RonO@rokimoto557@gmail.com to talk-origins on Fri May 8 09:31:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: talk.origins

    On 4/9/2026 5:38 PM, RonO wrote:
    Amazon Prime has a BBC special up where they had a 90 year celebration
    in 2016 for David Attenborough.-a It looks like he is going to beat
    Sewell Wright who lived to be 99 and was probably active in science
    until he died.-a I looked it up and Attenborough's birthday is May 8th 1926.-a He started with the BBC in 1954 as host for a zoo show.-a He is
    the only person to have won a BAFTA award for black and white, colour
    (UK), high definition, 3D and 4K resolution.-a I hope that I am still
    doing as well if I ever get to be 100.

    Ron Okimoto

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough

    Wiki biography.

    A year or so ago one of the BBC channels was running the Planet Earth,
    Frozen Planet, Blue Planet and Blue Planet II on Saturday maratons. My
    wife would turn it on in the morning and watch one complete series every Saturday even if it was repeated from the week before. She would do
    other things like sewing, but had the TV on until the series ended. It
    was something that you could just watch over and over. It is something
    made for high definition big screen televison.

    Ron Okimoto

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