Legendary actor Kirk Douglas passes away at the age of 103

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas He died in Beverly Hills at the age of 103. This was announced by his son, the actor Michael Douglas on your Instagram and Facebook pages.

“For the whole world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of cinema, who lived to see the golden age, a humanist whose adherence to justice and the principles in which he believed set the standard for all of us that we should strive for,” wrote Michael Douglas.

Kirk Douglas began his career in the late 1940s and remained one of the last living legends of the so-called “Golden Age” of Hollywood. During his career, he starred in more than 80 films, including the famous historical epic Stanley Kubrick “Spartacus“, movies “The Adventures of Odyssey“,”20 thousand leagues under the sea, “Trails of fame“,”Lonely courageous“,”Seven days in May“and many others. The actor was nominated three times for the Academy Award for his roles in the tapes”Champion“,”Angry and beautiful“and”Thirst for life“but won the Academy Award only in 1996 for its contribution to the development of cinema.

Then Kirk Douglas suffered a stroke, after which he began to appear less and less in public. Friends and fans of the actor today laid flowers at his star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame.

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