Burton makes Walk of Fame
Welsh icon Richard Burton is to be given a posthumous place on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame almost three decades after his death - next to Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married twice.
Burton honour will 'raise Wales' international profile'
News that Richard Burton is to be given a star on the Walk Of Fame in Los Angeles was confirmed today by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
It follows a campaign by the Western Mail newspaper, led by Welsh business academic Professor Dylan Jones-Evans.
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