Academy Award-Winning Actor Kirk Douglas Passes Away At 103
Kirk Douglas, the son of Jewish Russian immigrants who rose through the ranks to become one of Hollywood's biggest-ever stars, has died, his family said Wednesday.
US
silver
screen
legend
Kirk
Douglas,
the
son
of
Jewish
Russian
immigrants
who
rose
through
the
ranks
to
become
one
of
Hollywood''s
biggest-ever
stars,
has
died,
his
family
said
Wednesday.
He
was
103.
One
of
the
last
survivors
of
the
golden
age
of
cinema,
Douglas
was
renowned
for
the
macho
and
not-always-likeable
tough
guy
roles
he
took
on
in
around
90
movies
over
a
six-decade
career.
"It
is
with
tremendous
sadness
that
my
brothers
and
I
announce
that
Kirk
Douglas
left
us
today
at
the
age
of
103," his
son,
movie
star
Michael
Douglas,
said
in
a
statement
posted
to
Facebook.
"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
he
believed
in
setting
a
standard
for
all
of
us
to
aspire
to."