Hollywood veteran Kirk Douglas dies at 103

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas died at the age of 103 as he breathed his last on Wednesday, 5 February. The news of his death was announced by his son Michael Douglas through a Instagram post. "It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103, 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 set a standard for all of us to aspire to."

Douglas was Oscar-nominated for his roles as a double-crossing and womanizing boxer in "Champion" (1949), a ruthless movie producer in "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952) and tortured artist Vincent Van Gogh in "Lust for Life" (1956) Douglas is survived by second wife Anne Buydens, 100, and three sons. A fourth child, Eric, died of a drug overdose in his 40s, in 2004. Douglas thrived despite a severe stroke in 1996 at aged 85, which severely affected his ability to speak. He continued to be a vibrant Hollywood voice  flirting with Anne Hathaway during the 2011 Oscars as well as continuing to write books.

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