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DIED. CHARLES BURTON, 59, one of a small band of British explorers who took part in the world's first pole-to-pole expedition, a 52,000-mile trip; of a heart attack; in Framfield, England. Burton and friends set off from London in September 1979. Before arriving at the North Pole and returning home in August 1982, Burton, the son of a Royal Navy commander, battled the Sahara sun and a polar bear, survived on an ice floe for three months and married his fiance during a brief stop in Sydney, Australia...
...Ansel Adams was to mountains, with the important difference that Adams always made the mountains look good. Galella took his famous faces as he found them. From him we learn that Sophia Loren manages to remain majestic even when she's just sitting around an airport, but that Richard Burton was scuffed and dented even on his good days. We learn that Burt Reynolds in a houndstooth, bell-bottom leisure suit is a remarkable sight, especially since you just know that Reynolds thought the outfit was the last word in suave. Anyone who tells you they don't enjoy...
...accident that Liz Taylor's perfume is named White Diamonds. Piece by piece, Elizabeth Taylor has amassed one of the world's most famous jewelry collections. There is the flawless 33.18 carat Krupp diamond given to her by Richard Burton when she was 36, and the pear-shaped white pearl that was briefly lost when her dog thought it was a bone. In October, Simon & Schuster will publish "My Love Affair with Jewelry" by Liz herself, with all of the jewelry specially photographed for the book...
...Crimson reports that Burton stole campaign materials from the office of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters’ Alliance. In an episode which draws national headlines, the council later rejects two articles of impeachment and votes not to remove Burton from office...
...Driskell had been elected in 1999 despite strong opposition from council leaders—and her presidency was mired in scandal after council members impeached and tried to remove from office her vice president, John A. Burton...