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Burton died at age 58 from a brain haemorrhage

should read: Burton died at age 58 from a brain hemorrhage — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.55.184.78 (talk) 20:35, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, that is an American spelling.Deb (talk) 17:46, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Burton was honored Posthumously with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 1, 2013 [1] This should be acknowledged on the front page. Sylvia Ford (talk) 19:08, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The beginning of the second paragraph is in present tense. Please change it to "Burton REMAINED closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife.........." DevashishAgarwal (talk) 07:26, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why? He still is. Deb (talk) 09:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Burton Was Never Offered LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

He was considered box office poison in Britain and in Hollywood (20th Century-Fox die not renew his contract) after LOOK BACK IN ANGER flopped. Sam Spiegel would never have offered it to Burton -- the film had one of the largest budgets in history. He signed Top 10 box office star William Holden to THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, and wanted Brando (whom won an Oscar in Spiegel's ON THE WATERFRONT), as did David Lean, for the title role. Brando was in the Top 10 Box office stars in 1958. No history of the film says that Burton was even considered for the role, nor do his diaries. This is inaccurate and I am deleting it.Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 02:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If there is no independent evidence that a statement is true and it is likely to be challenged, it should be removed from the article. Deb (talk) 17:41, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Godawful Intro

Why list all of his Oscar nominations? That is for a separate section. And what does his having never been formally trained have to do with anything being Hollywood's highest paid actor? There were many superstars lacking training. What is formal training anyway? Jack Nicholdson was never "formally trained."Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 02:59, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 :No, that is an American spelling.[[User:Deb|Deb]] ([[User talk:Deb|talk]]) 17:46, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
-== Burton's ambiguous attitude to Churchill. ==
-In the section "Personal Life", final paragraph it states that there is a citation needed "Burton got along well with Churchill when he met him at a play in London,[citation needed] and kept a bust of him on his mantelpiece."
-The source of this is I believe Burton's interview with Michael Parkinson in 1974. You can see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSuQf4RZWs
-In this Burton recounts his meeting with Churchill while playing Hamlet at the Old Vic and he appears to recall the meeting with fondness and speaks about Churchill in a respectful manner.
-Maybe somebody could update this if they agree it is correct. I am not able to amend the article myself.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/31.51.238.15|31.51.238.15]] ([[User talk:31.51.238.15|talk]]) 11:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-:You would be able to edit if you were an autoconfirmed user with an account instead of an anonymous IP.  We would love to have you as a regular contributor. [[User:Deb|Deb]] ([[User talk:Deb|talk]]) 11:49, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
-This is a link to the Parkinson interview conducted in 1974. In it Burton clearly had fond memories of Churchill and did not show any sense of disrespect or animosity as suggested by the information stated in this section: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSuQf4RZWs. This section requires some revisions. [[User:Sylvia Ford|Sylvia Ford]] ([[User talk:Sylvia Ford|talk]]) 07:54, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
-:It certainly needs more references.  I suspect some of the content (such as the alleged sonnet-quoting contest with Robert Kennedy) come from Burton's autobiography, but the articles on Churchill may be more difficult to trace.[[User:Deb|Deb]] ([[User talk:Deb|talk]]) 10:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
-== [[Richard Burton#Grammy Award Winner|Grammy Award Winner]] (1975) ==
-This section needs fixing:
-[[Grammy Award for Best Album for Children#1970s|Grammy Award for Best Album for Children]] for [[List of The Little Prince adaptations#Vinyl record|narrating an adaptation]] of ''[[The Little Prince]]'' in 1976. [[Special:Contributions/99.129.112.89|99.129.112.89]] ([[User talk:99.129.112.89|talk]]) 00:59, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 == [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] ==
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 :Why?  He still is. [[User:Deb|Deb]] ([[User talk:Deb|talk]]) 09:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
-==Burton Was Never Offered LAWRENCE OF ARABIA==
+== Burton Was Never Offered LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ==
 He was considered box office poison in Britain and in Hollywood (20th Century-Fox die not renew his contract) after LOOK BACK IN ANGER flopped. Sam Spiegel would never have offered it to Burton -- the film had one of the largest budgets in history. He signed Top 10 box office star William Holden to THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, and wanted Brando (whom won an Oscar in Spiegel's ON THE WATERFRONT), as did David Lean, for the title role. Brando was in the Top 10 Box office stars in 1958. No history of the film says that Burton was even considered for the role, nor do his diaries. This is inaccurate and I am deleting it.[[User:Shemp Howard, Jr.|Shemp Howard, Jr.]] ([[User talk:Shemp Howard, Jr.|talk]]) 02:53, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 :If there is no independent evidence that a statement is true and it is likely to be challenged, it should be removed from the article. [[User:Deb|Deb]] ([[User talk:Deb|talk]]) 17:41, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
-==Godawful Intro==
+== Godawful Intro ==
 Why list all of his Oscar nominations? That is for a separate section. And what does his having never been formally trained have to do with anything being Hollywood's highest paid actor? There were many superstars lacking training. What is formal training anyway? Jack Nicholdson was never "formally trained."[[User:Shemp Howard, Jr.|Shemp Howard, Jr.]] ([[User talk:Shemp Howard, Jr.|talk]]) 02:59, 29 September 2013 (UTC)