Elizabeth Taylor dazzles Boston
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Boston isn't exactly known for its red-carpet affairs, but on Friday night, April 8, 1983, it hosted the biggest star of them all. Taylor came to town with her former husband, twice removed, Richard Burton. Pictured, Boston Mayor Kevin White with Burton and Taylor at the Metropolitan Theater to promote the 1983 onstage revival of "Private Lives."
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