OT RIP Kirk Douglas

[SlyPokerDog]

Kirk Douglas dead at 103: Spartacus star's heartbroken son Michael Douglas shares news of Hollywood legend's passing

• Hollywood acting legend Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday aged 103
• The Spartacus star is survived by his wife of 65 years Anne Buydens and his three sons Michael, Joel, and Eric
• His son Michael Douglas, an acting icon in his own right, revealed the news of his father's death in an emotional statement
• Douglas suffered a stroke back in 1996 that left him with slurred speech and damaged facial nerves
• Douglas was the son of Jewish Russian immigrants who rose through the ranks to become one of Hollywood's biggest-ever stars
• The famed actor, who was one of the last of Hollywood's Golden Age, made more than 90 movies in a career that stretched across seven decades
• Films such as Spartacus and The Vikings made him one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1950s and 60s
• He was nominated three times for the best actor Oscar in 1949 for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful in 1953 and Lust for Life in 1957
• Douglas never received an Academy Award for an individual film but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an honorary Oscar in 1996 for his role as a creative and moral force in the industry

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...ichael-Douglas-shares-heartbreaking-news.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[yankeesince59]

Damn, what a life he had.

One of my favorite performances of his was his portrayal of the devil in Don Henley's "The Garden of Allah".

 

[Lanny]

Kirk Douglas dead at 103: Spartacus star's heartbroken son Michael Douglas shares news of Hollywood legend's passing

• Hollywood acting legend Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday aged 103
• The Spartacus star is survived by his wife of 65 years Anne Buydens and his three sons Michael, Joel, and Eric
• His son Michael Douglas, an acting icon in his own right, revealed the news of his father's death in an emotional statement
• Douglas suffered a stroke back in 1996 that left him with slurred speech and damaged facial nerves
• Douglas was the son of Jewish Russian immigrants who rose through the ranks to become one of Hollywood's biggest-ever stars
• The famed actor, who was one of the last of Hollywood's Golden Age, made more than 90 movies in a career that stretched across seven decades
• Films such as Spartacus and The Vikings made him one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1950s and 60s
• He was nominated three times for the best actor Oscar in 1949 for Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful in 1953 and Lust for Life in 1957
• Douglas never received an Academy Award for an individual film but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an honorary Oscar in 1996 for his role as a creative and moral force in the industry

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...ichael-Douglas-shares-heartbreaking-news.html

My all time favorite actor.
When I think of Kirk Douglas, so many movies flash before my mind that it's hard to pick out a favorite.
Some that I loved were:
1. Spartacus;
2. The Juggler;
3. Ulysses;
4. The Vikings;
5. Last Train from Gun Hill;
6. Saturn 3.

Arguably the greatest actor ever.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Too early to bring up the Natalie Wood rape?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I'm pretty sure Spartacus is the only movie I've seen that he was in.

 

[tlongII]

I’m Spartacus!

 

[tlongII]

Too early to bring up the Natalie Wood rape?

unsubstantiated rumor

 

[Hobbesarable]

My all time favorite actor.
When I think of Kirk Douglas, so many movies flash before my mind that it's hard to pick out a favorite.
Some that I loved were:
1. Spartacus;
2. The Juggler;
3. Ulysses;
4. The Vikings;
5. Last Train from Gun Hill;
6. Saturn 3.

Arguably the greatest actor ever.

I also enjoyed:
Gunfight at the OK Corral
In Harm's Way
The Heroes of Telemark
The War Wagon

 

[SlyPokerDog]

1. Spartacus;
2. The Juggler;
3. Ulysses;
4. The Vikings;
5. Last Train from Gun Hill;
6. Saturn 3.

I'm pretty sure Spartacus is the only movie I've seen that he was in.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

One of my favorite movies as a kid. To this day I'm be at the grocery store pushing the grocery cart and will randomly yell out, "Ramming Speed!"

 

[e_blazer]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

One of my favorite movies as a kid. To this day I'm be at the grocery store pushing the grocery cart and will randomly yell out, "Ramming Speed!"

 

[Hoopguru]

The Alamo with Duke...

 

[Lanny]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

One of my favorite movies as a kid. To this day I'm be at the grocery store pushing the grocery cart and will randomly yell out, "Ramming Speed!"

Ramming speed to me is from the movie Ben Hur.

 

[Minstrel]

Wow, 103. He's almost as old as movie-making itself.

 

[Lanny]

Married for 65 years.

Son of Russian Jews, which made his movies The Juggler and Cast a Giant Shadow especially powerful.

 

[stampedehero]

Quite simply> He was cool.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

The most famous Chin in the movies, even more so than Bruce Campbell.

Lived to 103 even after having a stroke at age 79. I gotta learn more about that.

 

[Chris Craig]

Kirk was an icon and a maverick. One of the best actors of his time. To live to 103 after surviving a helicopter crash at 74 and then a stroke 5 years later....wow. We lost another great one.