{"id":21622,"date":"2020-02-05T17:29:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T01:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=21622"},"modified":"2020-02-05T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T01:29:39","slug":"hollywood-legend-kirk-douglas-dead-at-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=21622","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dead at 103"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The honorary Academy Award winner died Wednesday, his son, actor\u00a0Michael Douglas<\/a>, said in an Instagram post.<\/div>\n
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“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,” Douglas wrote.<\/div>\n
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Douglas walked away from a helicopter crash in 1991 and suffered a severe stroke in 1996 but, ever the battler, he refused to give in. With a passionate will to survive, he was the last man standing of all the great stars of another time.<\/p>\n

Nominated three times for best actor by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences \u2014 for\u00a0Champion<\/em>\u00a0(1949),\u00a0The Bad and the Beautiful<\/em>\u00a0(1952) and\u00a0Lust for Life<\/em>\u00a0(1956) \u2014 Douglas was the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 1996. Arguably the top male star of the post-World War II era, he acted in more than 80 movies before retiring from films in 2004.<\/p>\n

“Kirk retained his movie star charisma right to the end of his wonderful life, and I’m honored to have been a small part of his last 45 years,” Steven Spielberg said in a statement. “I will miss his handwritten notes, letters and fatherly advice, and his wisdom and courage \u2014 even beyond such a breathtaking body of work \u2014 are enough to inspire me for the rest of mine.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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