Film director Richard Attenborough has moved to care home

The Oscar award winner director and his wife have moved to a care home due to deteriorating health.

16:35 28 March 2013

Richard Attenborough, the director of 1982 epic Gandhi who won eight Oscars, has moved to a care home specifically for sick or elderly entertainers, together with his wife actress Sheila Sim, due to deteriorating health.

Reportedly Lord Attenborough suffered from a stroke five years ago and was in a coma. His family said that he never fully recovered and had a hard time communicating and moving around.

He joked at that time: "I scared the living daylights out of Sheila, had some time in hospital. They were all fussing around."
The couple sold their home in Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, for £11.5million.