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  Richard Burns
Nationality British Richard Burns was an English world champion rally driver, who topped the World Rally Championship scoresheets in 2001 for Subaru, having finished runner-up in both 1999 and 2000.

Late on Friday, November 25, 2005, four years to the day after winning the World Rally Championship, Burns died at the age of 34, after having been in a coma for some days as a result of a brain tumour. His death was overshadowed by the much covered death on the same day of footballer George Best.
Date of Birth 17/01/1971
Place of Birth Reading, Berkshire
Date of Death 25/11/2005
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Year Championship Entrant
2001 Rally World Prodrive/Subaru/Impreza