LeVar Burton

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Biography

LeVar Burton (born Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr.) was born in Landstuhl, Germany to Sgt. Levardis Robert Burton Sr, (a photographer for the U.S.…more

Born

2/16/1957, Landstuhl, West Germany

Birth Name

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.

Gender

Male

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    • LeVar served on the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. The board was chaired by Laura Shepard-Churchley, daughter of Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard. Others who served on the board of trustees were Gemini and Apollo astronauts Gene Cernan and Thomas Stafford; Actors Bill Dana and Tom Hanks; Mercury astronaut widows Suzi Cooper, Jo Schirra and Bobbie Slayton; journalist, Walter Cronkite; and philanthropists Henri Landwirth, James Long and Don Ricci.

    • On July 13 2009, LeVar was involved in a car accident which sent him and the other driver to the hospital. Neither driver was seriously injured and both were released that same day.
    • As an avid Twitterer, LeVar Burton has over 1 270 000 people following his tweets. His army of followers is one of the largest in the world.
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    • Levar Burton: I was a huge Star Trek fan when I was a kid. I loved science fiction literature and it was rare for me to see… heroes in the pages of those novels who looked like me. Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future said to me, you..you little black kid from Sacramento, California, reading science fiction books...when the future comes, there's a place for you.
    • LeVar Burton: (when talking about Twitter) I get to control the conversation I have with my fans. It's put my career back in my hands.
    • LeVar Burton: (discussing the eleventh Star Trek movie) I went online recently and saw the trailer because I was curious. It looked good. Now, the idea of a Starfleet Academy movie was kicking around even before they made The Next Generation, so that in itself isn't new, but J.J. Abrams is really a telented guy and I hope he puts his spin on it.

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