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Kirk Douglas Celebrates 100th Birthday With New Book Written With Wife Anne
Deadline Hollywood ^ | December 7, 2016 | Pete Hammond

Posted on 12/07/2016 10:38:10 AM PST by C19fan

Kirk Douglas turns 100 on Friday, and he has found the perfect gift to celebrate. Running Press later today officially will announcing the May 2 publication of a new book, Douglas’ 12th, written with his wife of 62 years, Anne Buydens Douglas, called Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood.

(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: centenary; hollywood; issurdanielovitch; kirkdouglas
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I am Spartacus. Given today's date cheers to Douglas as Capt. Yalland from "The Final Countdown", an awesome 103 infomercial for the US Navy.
1 posted on 12/07/2016 10:38:10 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads
A whale of a tale or two
‘Bout the flappin’ fish and the girls I’ve loved
On nights like this with the moon above
A whale of a tale and it’s all true
I swear by my tattoo


2 posted on 12/07/2016 10:39:36 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: C19fan

Wow...had no idea he was this old.


3 posted on 12/07/2016 10:40:58 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: C19fan

I guess raping Natalie Wood didn’t hurt his career.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 10:41:45 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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I read some time ago he was an atheist until he got older then converted to Christianity. I hope that is true.


5 posted on 12/07/2016 10:46:47 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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I saw him the other week on Turner in “Paths of Glory”. He had a lot of great roles.


6 posted on 12/07/2016 10:46:55 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Amazing movie. I saw that on PBS a long time ago.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 10:47:32 AM PST by C19fan
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Colonel Dax walking through the trench before the over-the-top attack in “Paths of Glory.”


8 posted on 12/07/2016 10:49:26 AM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...".)
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I read some time ago he was an atheist until he got older then converted to Christianity. I hope that is true.

It is not true. Kirk is Jewish.

9 posted on 12/07/2016 10:49:43 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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There is a good chance that Kirk, at 100 years of age, is going to outlive his son Michael (72 y/o). Michael may have had a relapse of his throat cancer.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 10:50:17 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Sans-Culotte

Born Issur Danielovitch, his parents were Jews who fled Russia.


11 posted on 12/07/2016 10:52:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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Hope he lives many more years. Bob Hope and many others broke 100.


12 posted on 12/07/2016 10:55:17 AM PST by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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Real name - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
13 posted on 12/07/2016 10:55:39 AM PST by Cats Pajamas (It went up to the Cloud. You canÂ’t get it down from the Cloud? Nobody understands the Cloud, it's a)
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Happy Birthday sir.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

14 posted on 12/07/2016 10:58:17 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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Yes. He has written several books, but I love his autobiography, Ragman’s Son. Amazing book. He has had quite a life. He grew up in poverty, and is truly a self-made man.

He has never forgotten that he is Issur Danielovitch.


15 posted on 12/07/2016 10:58:43 AM PST by Swede Girl
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To: C19fan
DECEMBER 18, 2014


Kirk Douglas comments about making SPARTICUS

16 posted on 12/07/2016 11:03:01 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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It is not true. Kirk is Jewish.

Jews convert to Christianity all the time. Even Jesus was Jewish.

17 posted on 12/07/2016 11:09:31 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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My favorite story from Ragmans Son was about how one year he was so down and out he was denied Thanksgiving dinner at the Salvation Army. By the next Thanksgiving he’d landed a role on Broadway and had dinner at the home of a wealthy family.


18 posted on 12/07/2016 11:13:11 AM PST by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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“Jews convert to Christianity all the time. Even Jesus was Jewish.”
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Yeah, but He didn’t have a second bar mitzvah at age 83, as Douglas did.


19 posted on 12/07/2016 11:13:33 AM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Cats Pajamas

Wow,,100yrs,,,,sheese,
Happy Birthday.


20 posted on 12/07/2016 11:14:24 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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