For population 25 years and over in Porter: 1  High school or higher: 77.3%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 1.2%. 4  Unemployed: 11.4%.
Probably more frequently remembered for his turbulent personal life and multiple marriages, Richard Burton was nonetheless one of the great British actors of the post-WWII period. Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, to Edith Maude (Thomas) and Richard Walter Jenkins, a coal miner. His mother died while he was a toddler and his father abandoned the family, leaving him to be raised by his sister Cecilia and her husband Elfred.
Elizabeth and Richard met for the last time in June of 1984 and by all accounts it was a friendly meeting. Burton died August 5, 1984 of a massive stroke. The day before he died he had written a letter to Taylor asking if he could come home.