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Richard Burton: From Mega Rich Celebrity Movie Star to "Who's He?" 

20/3/2014

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After a busy couple of days talking geo-strategic economics and political affairs in Switzerland recently, a good friend decided to show me how the world’s Super-Rich and Wealthy 1% live - and die. 

In #Geneva biz talk ends up on topic of 'money'. The smart people walk away with tax free #Gold. Er, #NotMeHMRC! pic.twitter.com/D531eGWDzS

— Gary Ling (@garysballs) March 14, 2014
We drove from Geneva into the mountains and lunched at Gstaad where I joined the beautiful people off piste. On the way there we stopped and visited the grave of the great English actor David Niven. On the way back to Geneva we stopped at a tiny place in the countryside where Welsh actor Richard Burton is laid to rest. I remember Burton being a mega rich celebrity movie star in my teens (although I am not sure that the word ‘celebrity’ was used that much back then).  He and his wife/ex-wife/wife/ex-wife, Elizabeth Taylor, dominated the front pages - of both the broad sheets and red-tops.
To find him buried in such a way out of the way place, with such a grubby headstone, really brings home the adage ‘You Can’t Take Your Gold With You’. On my return to the UK, I mentioned to my mother that I had visited the graves of Burton and Niven and she was mightly impressed as a fan of them both. Similarly, I mentioned that I had visited the grave of Richard Burton to my teenage daughter over lunch and she replied nonchallantly: “Who’s That?”. Priceless.

Just about sums it all up really…
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