Kirk Douglas, one of the last surviving movie stars from Hollywood’s golden age, died on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 103.
His son, actor Michael Douglas, announced the death in a statement on his Facebook page.
Douglas had starred in more than 80 movies and was nominated for three Oscars during his prime. He was known for roles in movies such as the early Stanley Kubrick films Path of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); and Seven Days in May (1964). His Oscar nominations came for roles in Champion (1950), The Bad and the Beautiful (1953), and Lust for Life (1957), and though he didn’t win, he received an honorary Oscar in 1996.
