Kirk Douglas

3 weeks ago - He lived with his second wife, producer Anne Buydens, until his death in 2020. A centenarian, Douglas was one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. Kirk Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch on December 9, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, the fourth of seven children and ...

April 29, 2023 - 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. He was 103.

February 5, 2020 - In the same year he played Chester J Lampwick in an episode of the hit animated series The Simpsons. He continued to work, and appeared in films including Diamonds, in which he appeared with his old friend, Lauren Bacall, and It Runs in the Family in 2003, which co-starred his son Michael, grandson Cameron and ex-wife Diana. Kirk Douglas was one of the last great Hollywood stars who began their climb to fame at the end of World War Two and certainly one of the most defiant.

February 6, 2020 - “To the world, he was a legend, ... and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.” · No cause of death was given....

February 6, 2020 - Determination and years of therapy gave him back much of his speaking ability, and despite the continued evidence of the stroke in his speech he was able to work again, in films, on television and on the stage. In 2003 he appeared with his son Michael Douglas and assorted other family members in It Runs in the Family, produced by Michael and his brother Joel. He made his final starring appearance in his one-man stage show Before I Forget at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

December 19, 2024 - Kirk Douglas, an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age and star of such films as Spartacus, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Bad and the Beautiful and Champion died Wednesday of natural causes.

February 5, 2020 - Kirk Douglas, the self-described "ragman's son" who became a global Hollywood superstar in the 1950s and '60s, died on Wednesday. He was 103. Douglas was often cast as a troubled tough guy in films, most famously as a rebellious Roman slave named Spartacus. Off-screen, he was devoted to family and to humanitarian causes. His son Michael Douglas announced the actor's death...

February 5, 2020 - As the years progressed, so did ... as the death of Kirk’s youngest son (and Michael’s brother) Erik at age 46 in 2004, and the five-year prison sentence of Michael’s son Cameron in 2010 for drug dealing. That same year, Michael was also diagnosed with throat cancer. Kirk Douglas, 101, Lovingly ...

April 20, 2021 - Douglas passed away on February 5, 2020, at the age of 103. “Kirk’s life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet,” his son Michael said in a statement.

I Walk Alone (1948) [Noll 'Dink' ... Kelly]: Douglas wins a boxing match but soon after, he dies in his dressing room of Cerebral Hemorrhage from the fight....

February 12, 2020 - Catherine Zeta Jones has just announced a new puppy has been introduced to the family after his death. The Oscar-winning actor died from natural causes at his home in Beverley Hills, California.

February 7, 2020 - There could as easily have been ... in which Douglas explored the darker sides of supposedly stalwart professions. That he died in both films – and died horribly – was a measure of his own commitment, as well as his fascination with pain. Few leading actors have enjoyed so many deaths and mutilations on screen. ... Kirk Douglas in ...

February 5, 2020 - He defied death by surviving a helicopter crash at age 80 and surviving from a stroke, did the majority of his stunts in his action films, can speak several languages such as French, Italian and Russian, made movies all for 7 decades, convinced ...

February 6, 2020 - Kirk Douglas, known as one of the most beloved tough guys in Hollywood history on screen and a defender of blacklisted artists off screen, died Wednesday at age 103. Michael Douglas, the actor's Oscar-winning son, announced his death in an Instagram post on behalf of the family. "To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes ...

July 20, 1998 - Last updated Dec. 5, 2025 •History Table of Contents ... Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916, Amsterdam, New York, U.S.—died February 5, 2020, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor and producer best known for his portrayals of resolute, emotionally charged heroes and antiheroes.

February 7, 2020 - Legendary actor Kirk Douglas, who died peacefully at 103 Wednesday, grew to truly appreciate his remarkable life after a series of setbacks — including surviving a severe stroke in 1996 and a life-changing Feb.

April 20, 2021 - Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his family said.

February 6, 2020 - The Oscar-nominated actor and producer died Wednesday after his health was in decline.