A vintage 6 x 5 page from an autograph album with an early signature by Richard Burton, the Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award – for My Cousin Rachel (1952), The Robe (1953), Becket (1964), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) and Equus (1977) – six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role, without ever winning. He was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never formally trained, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. Burton was married five times: from 1949 until their divorce in 1963, he was married to Welsh actress/producer Sybil Williams, then twice, consecutively, to actress Elizabeth Taylor from 15 March 1964 to 26 June 1974 and from 10 October 1975 to 29 July 1976. In August 1976, a month after his second divorce from Taylor, Burton married model Susan Hunt, the former wife of Formula 1 Champion James Hunt: the marriage ended in divorce in 1982. From 1983 until his death a year later, Burton was married to make-up artist Sally Hay. He died at age 58 from a brain haemhorrage on 5 August 1984 at his home in Céligny, Switzerland, where he had lived as a tax-exile since 1957, and is buried there. Although his death was sudden, his health had been declining for several years, and he suffered from a constant and severe pain in the neck. He had been warned that his liver was enlarged as early as March 1970 and had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and kidney disease in April 1981. Burton was buried in a red suit, a tribute to his Welsh roots, and with a copy of Dylan Thomas' poems. He and Taylor had discussed being buried together; his widow Sally purchased the plot next to Burton's and erected a large headstone across both, presumably to prevent Taylor from being buried there. He remains closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The couple's turbulent relationship was rarely out of the news.