British actor Richard Burton finally received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to that of his two-time wife, Elizabeth Taylor -- on Friday, nearly 30 years after his death.
Welsh-born Burton, who died in 1984, received the career honour as part of the 50th anniversary of ancient Egypt movie drama “Cleopatra”, in which he and co-star Taylor began their storied and tumultuous love affair.

Burton and Taylor, Hollywood's golden couple, first met on the sets of “Cleopetra”. Photo Courtesy: Sunset Boulevard

The couple's adopted daughter, Maria Burton, accepted the honour of the iconic terrazzo and brass star along Hollywood Boulevard in the historical heart of the U.S. film industry.
Burton was nominated for an Oscar seven times between 1953 and 1978 but never won the prize.
Actor and fellow Welshman Michael Sheen spoke at the unveiling and recalled the awe he felt when Burton and Taylor, one of Hollywood's most famous couples, visited the village where Sheen grew up.
Burton, whose star is the 2,941th installed, starred in 11 films with Taylor, including classics “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in 1966 and “The Taming of the Shrew” in 1967.
The couple's scandalous love affair during 1964's “Cleopatra” was made into a US television movie “Liz & Dick”, starring Lindsay Lohan, last year.
Burton and Taylor wed for the first time in 1964 and divorced in 1974. They remarried the following year, but that marriage lasted just nine months.
Burton, who was born Richard Jenkins, was married five times and died in 1984 from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 58. Taylor, who married eight times, died in 2011 at age 79.