Posted on 02/05/2020 3:31:38 PM PST by DCBryan1
LOS ANGELES — Kirk Douglas, renowned actor and father of Michael Douglas, with a decorated career spanning more than six decades, died Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 103, TMZ reported.
Kirk Douglas’ health had been in decline. In 1996, he suffered a stroke, but recovered most of his faculties.
TMZ reported Wednesday the last time he was seen enjoying life was in April 2019 when he was “camping” in his grandson’s backyard.
Douglas appeared in a few minor Broadway productions in the ’40s but then put his career on hold and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941. After several years of service, Kirk returned to theater, but his best work came on the big screen.
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Dennis Miller had him on the phone for a 90-something birthday.
Kirk told a joke about two old actors meeting on the street. They discuss what’s been going on in their careers, and the first actor mentions in the conversation that he’s “doing a one-man show down at the Orpheum.”
The conversation ends, and in parting the second actor asks “Say about that one-man show, do you think there’s room for me in it?”
Whoops! There’s supposed to be 2 L’s in Havilland.
I always think of this scene when someone says "I feel badly". Rest in peace.
See ya around Doc.
Really? I had no idea
Really? She's got to one of the absolute last from the golden age of Hollywood. What I'd give for an afternoon of coffee and doughnuts with her.
“Her Russian mother moved them to Hollywood determined to make Natalie famous.”
After reading that article...doesn’t sound like Mom did Natasha any favors...
Natalie had a rough life.
Lol. That’s right.
That list shows me how few movies of his I have seen. I remember:
Out of the Past
Letter to Three Wives
In Harm’s Way
Once is Not Enough
The Final Countdown
Paths of Glory
Victory at Entebbe
It would cost you a bit. She lives in Paris, France.
The Devil’s Disciple
Prove it
Nothing but hearsay and accusations by third parties.
Kobe. Douglas. Next? The saying about things happening in three’s.
Just watched that movie on Disney + last week.
The Oscars should do a big tribute to his films on the show this Sunday (not that I will be watching).
“Splash the Zeroes!”
RIP, Kirk!!
I thought he was awesome in the Final Countdown....RIP...
I liked the westerns
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