Kirk Douglas is dead at 103

He was the last man standing of all the great stars of another time.”

And a great star he was, and sometimes a great social justice warrior, although his personal life was (allegedly) sometimes not so heroic.

Years ago I saw him tell an interviewer that his favorite Kirk Douglas film was “Lonely are the Brave,” a low-budget modern Western that has never received much attention, but was a damned good choice.

5 thoughts on “Kirk Douglas is dead at 103

  1. 103. Lived longer than James Dean(24), River Phoenix (23), Olive Thomas (25) and Heath Ledger (28) put together. With three years to spare.
    I saw Spartacus when I was 11 in 1960. He was already 44.

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