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NFT: Actor Kirk Douglas has passed away at age 103

Anakim : 2/5/2020 6:26 pm
Spartacus, the Bad and the Beautiful, Lust for Life, and many others
Ahh man  
Oscar : 2/5/2020 6:36 pm : link
Obviously a great long life. But it was nice knowing he was still going. RIP.
Great actor and humanitarian  
Earl the goat : 2/5/2020 6:47 pm : link
In Harms Way was my favorite movie as Kirk co starred in it
RIP  
MadPlaid : 2/5/2020 6:55 pm : link
A great actor. Spartacus was one of my favorites.
RIP to one of the greats  
Ira : 2/5/2020 6:55 pm : link
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Brilliant actor. A real legend.  
Klaatu : 2/5/2020 6:58 pm : link
Spartacus, of course, but some of my favorites were Town Without Pity, The War Wagon, Last Train from Gun Hill, Champion, Seven Days in May, Cast a Giant Shadow, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Boy, that makes you think.  
Mr. Bungle : 2/5/2020 6:59 pm : link
If he could go...
Out Of The Past  
ghost718 : 2/5/2020 7:09 pm : link
Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
Posse
The Fury

Many more I haven't seen

RIP
The Ragman's son - Amsterdam, NY  
GiantsUA : 2/5/2020 7:21 pm : link
RIP
I'll remember him best as Colonel Dax  
Greg from LI : 2/5/2020 8:04 pm : link
From Paths of Glory, probably Kubrick's most underrated film. The last of his generation of legendary leading men.
103, that's a pretty good ride  
since1925 : 2/5/2020 8:49 pm : link
RIP, Spartacus.
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AcidTest : 2/5/2020 9:05 pm : link
great actor. Loved Spartacus. RIP. God bless. Prayers to his family and friends.
RE: I'll remember him best as Colonel Dax  
yatqb : 2/5/2020 9:13 pm : link
In comment 14804439 Greg from LI said:
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From Paths of Glory, probably Kubrick's most underrated film. The last of his generation of legendary leading men.


Great movie.

Great man.
I'm Spartacus!...  
Torrag : 2/5/2020 9:16 pm : link
RIP...A Legend.
Great obit  
Jay in Toronto : 2/5/2020 9:31 pm : link
Of a storied life.


NPR obit - ( New Window )
RE: Brilliant actor. A real legend.  
shocktheworld : 2/5/2020 10:00 pm : link
In comment 14804384 Klaatu said:
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Spartacus, of course, but some of my favorites were Town Without Pity, The War Wagon, Last Train from Gun Hill, Champion, Seven Days in May, Cast a Giant Shadow, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.



Great list of movies! He was an icon...RIP
Way  
Bill in UT : 2/5/2020 10:13 pm : link
too young. Now all we have left of the Spartacus legend is Cory Booker. Seriously, RIP. A long and great career
103 - I cannnot  
section125 : 2/5/2020 10:43 pm : link
imagine the changes he saw in his life. Pre-depression, through the War....Korea, Civil Rights, Nam....
So man great movies... Spartacus, In Harms Way, to Final Countdown....

R.I.P. Kirk
RE: RIP  
BlueLou'sBack : 2/5/2020 11:30 pm : link
In comment 14804379 MadPlaid said:
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A great actor. Spartacus was one of my favorites.


Beat me to it, re Spartacus. Legendary.
Paths of Glory  
chiro56 : 2/5/2020 11:31 pm : link
One hell of a movie.
Great actor  
montanagiant : 2/5/2020 11:41 pm : link
Has to have some of that tiger blood to make it to 103...RIP!
RE: Brilliant actor. A real legend.  
BlueLou'sBack : 2/5/2020 11:47 pm : link
In comment 14804384 Klaatu said:
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Spartacus, of course, but some of my favorites were Town Without Pity, The War Wagon, Last Train from Gun Hill, Champion, Seven Days in May, Cast a Giant Shadow, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.


I caught Cast a Giant Shadow by accident one night and was of course immediately enthralled. What an incredible cast! But none shown brighter than young Austrian beauty Senta Berger.


Cast a Giant Shadow - ( New Window )
Great actor and a real gentleman. I met him back in the early '90s  
Victor in CT : 2/6/2020 8:58 am : link
He had written a fiction book and was signing them at the Rizzoli in the then World Financial Center, so I went to get a book signed. The lady in front of me was so in awe that she literally couldn't speak, so Kirk had the guard move the table and let the woman go behind and he put his arm around her, gave her a big hug, asked her name, what she does etc. until she finally felt comfortable enough to speak. I was a such a classy move.
My father-in-law claims he saved Kirk’s life.  
Tittle 9 20 64 : 2/7/2020 6:20 am : link
They were walking down the street and Kirk began to choke on a piece of hard candy. My father-in-law wacked him on his back and he spit it up.

RIP Kirk, great man.
RE: RE: Brilliant actor. A real legend.  
Klaatu : 2/7/2020 8:30 am : link
In comment 14804548 BlueLou'sBack said:
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In comment 14804384 Klaatu said:


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Spartacus, of course, but some of my favorites were Town Without Pity, The War Wagon, Last Train from Gun Hill, Champion, Seven Days in May, Cast a Giant Shadow, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.



I caught Cast a Giant Shadow by accident one night and was of course immediately enthralled. What an incredible cast! But none shown brighter than young Austrian beauty Senta Berger.
Cast a Giant Shadow - ( New Window )


I put a picture of Senta Berger in a "best burger" thread not too long ago.

One additional note about Cast a Giant Shadow. John Wayne was on board to produce, as well as make a cameo appearance, before Douglas was cast, and Wayne was adamant that Douglas should star in it. Funny that although they were on opposite ends of the political spectrum, they put their differences aside when it came to making movies, and they made some really good ones together.
Always was tepid about him  
Anakim : 2/7/2020 8:41 am : link
There were rumors/allegations that he raped Natalie Wood
RIP  
bc4life : 2/7/2020 11:27 am : link
Good actor
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