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Hollywood Legend Kirk Douglas Dies at 103

VOA News

   One of the last survivors of Hollywood's golden age, movie legend Kirk
   Douglas, has died.

   His son, actor Michael Douglas, announced his father's death Wednesday
   afternoon in Los Angeles. He was 103 years old.

   The son of poor Russian Jewish immigrants, Douglas appeared in 90 films
   over a 60-year career.

   He worked a number of different jobs to pay for his college education
   and to study at New York's American Academy for Dramatic Arts.

   Douglas appeared in his first film in 1946 following a brief career on
   Broadway and serving in the Navy in World War II. His title role in
   1949's The Champion,playing a merciless boxer who refused to let anyone
   get in his way, cemented his stardom and brought his first Oscar
   nomination.

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