Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103

Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable careers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 103.

Douglas walked away from a helicopter crash in 1991 and suffered a severe stroke in 1996 but, ever the battler, he refused to give in. With a passionate will to survive, he was the last man standing of all the great stars of another time.Champion — Douglas was the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 1996. Arguably the top male star of the post-World War II era, he acted in more than 80 movies before retiring from films in 2004.

The father of two-time Oscar-winning actor-director-producer Michael Douglas, the Amsterdam, New York, native first achieved stardom as a ruthless and cynical boxer in, he played a hated, ambitious movie producer for director Vincente Minnelli, then was particularly memorable, again for Minnelli, as the tormented genius Vincent van Gogh inPerhaps most importantly, Douglas rebelled against the McCarthy Era establishment by producing and starring as a slave in, written by Dalton Trumbo, making...

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Una pena R.I.P

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RIP dear sweet man, Kirk Douglas, truly a legend. Peace & love to his family & friends. 103 years old & he probably could have put most of us to shame. He will be remembered as a great gentleman. 💛

A well lived life..Thank you for all your great films..rip

draiochta14 A great loss to our nation. Truly a heroic actor!! A man of courage and a legacy of acting we need to study as actors!

ripkirkdouglas Remembered for many roles but especially Spartacus. Here's the love theme from the movie, written by Alex North and played by concert artist Valentina Lisitsa

that shame he was a good actor

nicely done.

I loved his role as Van Gogh... and Spartacus of course... R.I.P.

The most ironic thing in a movie was in ' the Viking' when Kirk shoot his son Tony Curtis..most ironic thing I ever Seen in a movie

Same for mcs

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