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Even at his peak, Richard Burton seemed an unlikely object of desire. Despite his musical voice, he was just 5ft 9in, with pock-marked skin and a tendency towards belligerence.
When he was drunk — which was often — he was capable of great cruelty even to his closest friends. When he was sober, he was often maudlin.
Yet he managed to seduce one actress after another — from Claire Bloom to Zsa Zsa Gabor. And he made little effort to hide these short‑lived and grubby affairs from his wife Sibyl, by whom he had two daughters.
By contrast, Eddie Fisher, the husband of Elizabeth Taylor — who died last week — was a clean-cut pop singer whose foxy features and easy smile had already helped shift eight million records.
A man of genuine sweetness, he adored his young wife, spending days and nights at Elizabeth’s side when she was hospitalised with pneumonia.
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Elizabeth Taylor married eight times but only her relationship with Richard Burton truly defined her