John Michael Attenborough (/ˈætənbrə/; 1 January 1928 – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial adviser.[1] He was the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough, and the naturalist Sir David Attenborough.[2]
Like his brothers, he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester.[3]
After National Service, he studied modern languages at Clare College, Cambridge.[2][3]
He worked in the motor trade and became a managing director of Mann Egerton, heading their Rolls-Royce division in Berkeley Street. He then became the head of the British operations of Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. He finally ran a distribution business for motor cars in Dorset before retiring from the motor trade and becoming a financial adviser.[4]
He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and died at his home in Poole, Dorset, on 9 November 2012, aged 84.[3]
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^ abc"John Attenborough, youngest brother of David and Richard Attenborough (obituary)". Daily Echo (Bournemouth). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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