Velski leikarinn Richard Burton (1925-1984) hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 100 \u00e1ra \u00ed dag. Einn magna\u00f0ist leikari sinnar kynsl\u00f3\u00f0ar sem sl\u00f3 fyrst \u00ed gegn \u00e1 svi\u00f0i sem Hamlet 1964. Hann \u00fe\u00f3tti sj\u00e1lfgefinn arftaki Sir Laurence Olivier sem s\u00e1 besti \u00ed bransanum en var\u00f0 f\u00f3taskortur \u00e1 framabraut vegna \u00f3h\u00f3flegrar dagdrykkju sem aldrei s\u00e1 fyrir endann \u00e1. \u00cd \u00fev\u00ed lj\u00f3si var hann oft metinn af gagnr\u00fdnendum og \u00feess vegna f\u00e9kk hann kannski aldrei \u00d3skarsver\u00f0launin. Honum t\u00f3kst \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a fr\u00e6gasti elskhugi \u00ed heimi \u00feegar hann f\u00f3r a\u00f0 sl\u00e1 s\u00e9r upp me\u00f0 Elizabetu Taylor vi\u00f0 ger\u00f0 kvikmyndarinnar Kle\u00f3p\u00f6tru en \u00fe\u00e1 voru \u00feau b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed hj\u00f3nabandi me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum og heimurinn st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00f6ndinni af hneykslan. Ekki sk\u00e1na\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feegar hann keypti d\u00fdrasta demanthring \u00ed heimi handa \u00e1stinni sinni og lenti \u00e1 fors\u00ed\u00f0um allra dagbla\u00f0a veraldar. Hann f\u00e6r \u00f3skalagi\u00f0 S\u00f6ngur um l\u00edfi\u00f0 me\u00f0 R\u00fanari J\u00fal.:<\/p>\n