On May 16, 1968, Richard Burton purchased the 33-carat Krupp diamond - named after a wicked industrialist who d used forced labour during the war - for £127,000 (around £3 million today).
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In the play he wrote based on a real-life episode during the filming of “Jaws,” Shaw portrays his father, actor Robert Shaw, who was unforgettable as the film’s grizzled shark hunter.