On their retirement from competition dancing they were both appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the performing arts in the 1991 Birthday Honours.
Gaynor is married to Italian dancer Mirko Saccani, with whom she competed after the end of her partnership with Burns.
She and Saccani were sued by a former student, heiress and banker Monica Wong, who had promised to pay them £8 million pounds over an eight-year period for exclusive coaching.
However the relationship rapidly deteriorated after Saccani repeatedly verbally abused Monica Wong in public.
Judge G. P. Muttrie of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ruled in Wong's favour in September 2006.