Raymond Burr He was 76 years old. The day after Burr's death, American Bar Association president R. William Ide III released a statement: "Raymond Burr's portrayals of Perry Mason represented lawyers in a professional and dignified manner. ... Mr. Burr strove for such authenticity in his courtroom characterizations that we regard his passing as though we lost one of our own." "The New York Times" reported that Perry Mason had been named second—after F. Lee Bailey, and before Abraham Lincoln, Thurgood Marshall, Janet Reno, Ben Matlock and Hillary Clinton—in a recent "National Law Journal" poll that asked Americans to name the attorney,
Lachlan Burr In 2009 and 2010, Burr played for the New South Wales U18's team. In 2010, Burr played for the Australian Schoolboys. In 2013, Burr moved on to the Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup team and won the Bulldogs' New South Wales Cup Player of the Year award. In Round 25 of the 2013 NRL season, Burr made his NRL debut for the Bulldogs against the Penrith Panthers. On 4 September 2014, Burr signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2015. On 21 September 2014, Burr was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 New South