Talk:Pete Burns

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Cosmetic evolution
Some articles need more images than others, and this one probably needs WAY more images than most I can think of right now. Burns' look was always evolving, but it's a very strangely underscrutinized aspect of his career here. Finding photographic evidence of what he looked like BEFORE he went under the knife so much is considered rare from what I have seen, but it would be invaluable to this article to have at least a few photos showing how he looked throughout his career, and of course before his career. I know the article's rather threadbare as it is, and could use way more information, but it would be even more beneficial to have some illustrations of his life. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 02:50, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree, but where to find copyright-free images of him? We would probably have to make a request to those close to him to share some of their personal pictures (something they might be willing to do). On the issue of paucity of text, unfortunately for this article, reliable sources haven't published a great deal about Burns - it's mostly been tabloid stuff, especially on the matter of his cosmetic surgery. He did write an autobiography, and the article utilises that, but the whole article can't be based on it. He was a very interesting (and intelligent) man, but unfortunately serious sources don't seem to have been particularly interested in his rather unusual life. As Burns says in one of his lyrics, "I have found my image has obscured all that I am / But who said you can mix vinegar with jam?" PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Mother 'escaped the Nazis' by moving to Vienna'?
This may have been Burns' recollection but it may be historically unbelievable that his mother because of her father's Jewish heritage escaped the Nazis by leaving Germany to Vienna, to later (presumably when British troops occupied Austria at close of WWII) meet his British soldier father. Austria was united to Nazi Germany by the Anschluss of 1938 until Nazi Germany fell in 1945, it was home of much 'Aryan' racist thinking that inspired the Nazis, home of many future-wanted Nazi war criminals, and participated in Hitler's anti-Jewish policies. The statement needs qualifying in the light of historical fact. To survive in Vienna a Jewish person would have had to lead an underground existence.Cloptonson (talk) 14:03, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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