Burr was reportedly married at the beginning of World War II to a Scottish actress named Annette Sutherland — killed , Burr said , in the same 1943 plane crash that claimed the life of actor Leslie Howard . However , multiple sources have reported that no one by that name appears on any of the published passenger manifests from the flight . A son supposedly born during this marriage , Michael Evan , was said to have died of leukemia in 1953 at the age of ten . Another marriage purportedly took place in the early 1950s to a Laura Andrina Morgan — who died of cancer , Burr said , in 1955 . Yet no evidence exists of either marriage , nor of a son 's birth , other than Burr 's own claims . As late as 1991 , Burr stood by the account of this son 's life and death . He told '' Parade Magazine '' that when he realized Michael was dying , he took him on a one-year tour of the United States . " Before my boy left , before his time was gone , " he said , " I wanted him to see the beauty of his country and its people . " After Burr 's death , his publicist confirmed that Burr worked in Hollywood throughout the year that he was supposedly touring with his son
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