According to local media reports, on February 5, Mike Douglas, the son of legendary Hollywood movie star Kirk Douglas and also a movie star, issued a statement:
"My brothers and I announce with great sadness that Kirk Douglas has passed away today. He was a legend to the world, an actor from the Golden Age of Cinema, who lived all the way to his Golden Age, and his commitment to justice and the cause he believed in set a standard for all of us. ”
Kirk Douglas with son Michael Douglas
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Kirk Douglas has starred in about 90 films in his 60-year career and is known for his tough guy image.
Stills from Spartacus
One of his best-known films is Spartacus, which he also produced.
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Kirk Douglas was nominated for three Academy Awards and was awarded the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1996. In the same year, he suffered a sudden stroke, which severely affected his ability to speak.
Kirk's parents were Jewish farmers who immigrated to the United States from Russia, and in order to study drama at Sarah Lawrence University, Kirk worked as a waiter. He is a well-known professional wrestler.
He was on Broadway before the outbreak of World War II in 1941, but soon joined the U.S. Navy.
After retiring from the war, he returned to the show business circle, playing a well-built boxer in the film "Winning the Championship" in 1949, and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, and finally became a hit.
"Winning the Championship"
In the 1950s and 1960s, Kirk was a well-known tough guy superstar with a wide range of plays, and was re-nominated for the Academy Awards for "The Jade Girl" in 1953 and "Van Gogh" in 1956.
"Jade Girl Strange Man"
In the late 1950s, he set up his own production company to shoot masterpieces such as "The Glorious Road" and "Invincible". There were still performances until the mid-1990s.
The Road to Glory
In 1999, he was named 17th by the American Film Institute as "The Greatest Actor of a Hundred Years."
In 2001, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.
In April 2003, the film "Three Generations Together" starring with his son Michael Douglas and ex-wife Diana Douglas was released. For his 50 years of continued innovation in the film industry, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Award.
"Three Generations Together"
In 2019 and 2018, centenarian Kirk Douglas always had to take a picture with his family on his birthday, and "family is the most important" is what he has always insisted on.
In 2019, Kirk Douglas was photographed with his family at his 102nd birthday party
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