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Kirk Douglas

Updated Mar 25, 2024
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Kirk Douglas
A photo of Kirk Douglas taken in 1950s Los Angeles. (His birth name was Issur Danielovitch and he was known as Izzy Demsky before his career as an actor in old Hollywood demanded a name change.)

A great actor, he was also a writer (10 books!) and father of 4 - one of whom is Michael Douglas (who looks just like him).

RIP Kirk - or Izzy.
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Kirk Douglas
Born Issur Danielovitch, he went by "Izzy Demsky" before he changed his name to Kirk Douglas when he entered World War 2. He had two wives, four children, a film career that spanned several decades - and he lived 103 years! Kirk Douglas certainly made his mark in life. His film debut was in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", with Barbara Stanwyck, in 1946. Three Academy Award nominations, an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 10 novels and memoirs, and number 17 on the list of "greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema", he survived a helicopter crash in 1991 and a bad stroke in 1996. He was married to his second wife for 65 years (until his death).
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