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RIP (1916-2020). Screen legend, dead at 103.
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on February 5, 2020 at 6:49 PM
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, who grew up known as Izzy Demsky) has passed at the impressive age of 103. Mr. Douglas was one of the Hollywood greats.
The American Film Institute ranks him #17 on its list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
Here's Mr. Douglas' Variety obituary.
RIP. 
Reply by rudely_murray
on February 5, 2020 at 7:29 PM
103 is quite a run. R.I.P.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on February 5, 2020 at 8:28 PM
R.I.P.
Reply by QuitePleasant
on February 5, 2020 at 9:35 PM
Very sorry to hear.
Kirk performs in outstanding fashion starring with everyone from Stanwyck to Sothern, from Schwarzenegger to Spartacus and back.
My sympathies
Reply by genplant29
on February 6, 2020 at 12:34 AM
Here's a 9-minutes Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Kirk Douglas tribute presentation (trailer is included with it for his 1957 film Paths of Glory) from I believe 2012.
Also: Brand new minute-long TCM Remembers: Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) tribute reel.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on February 6, 2020 at 7:57 PM
He had quite a run indeed, in more ways than one. RIP, Mr. Douglas.
My condolences go out to Michael, his brothers, & Kirk's widow.
Reply by genplant29
on February 6, 2020 at 9:01 PM
Wondering who #1 through #16 are on the AFI's list, I just now checked and found that they are:
1) Humphrey Bogart; 2) Cary Grant; 3) James Stewart; 4) Marlon Brando; 5) Fred Astaire; 6) Henry Fonda; 7) Clark Gable; 8) James Cagney; 9) Spencer Tracy; 10) Charlie Chaplin; 11) Gary Cooper; 12) Gregory Peck; 13) John Wayne; 14) Laurence Olivier; 15) Gene Kelly; 16) Orson Welles
After Kirk Douglas' #17 position, the remaining listed classic Hollywood male stars are: 18) James Dean; 19) Burt Lancaster; 20) Marx Brothers; 21) Buster Keaton; 22) Sidney Poitier; 23) Robert Mitchum; 24) Edward G. Robinson; 25) William Holden.