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2020-02-06 -Obits-

Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 The Kirk Douglas film I remember first is Paths of Glory(1957).

Posted by magpie 2020-02-06 01:32|| 2020-02-06 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 An immigrant:
Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch (Yiddish: איסר דניאלאָוויטש‎; Belarusian: Ісур Данілавіч) in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Bryna "Bertha" (née Sanglel; 1884–1958) and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch (c. 1884–1950; citations regarding his exact year of birth differ).[4][5][6] His parents were Jewish immigrants from Chavusy, Mogilev Region, in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus),[7][8][9][10][11][12] and the family spoke Yiddish at home.[13][14][15]

His father's brother, who immigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky, which Douglas's family adopted in the United States.[16]:2 Douglas grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.[17][a]

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-06 07:25|| 2020-02-06 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The Kirk Douglas film I remember first is Paths of Glory(1957).

Seven days in May

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-06 10:57|| 2020-02-06 10:57|| Front Page Top

#4 The Kirk Douglas film I remember first is
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-02-06 21:53|| 2020-02-06 21:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Lust for Life

Posted by Lex 2020-02-06 22:32|| 2020-02-06 22:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Belarus! What a sluice of, um... grace!
It must be a wonderful place
To produce such a font
Of the folks it don't want,
Thus enriching the whole human race!

Posted by Blossom Glesh7427 2020-02-06 23:43|| 2020-02-06 23:43|| Front Page Top

#7 It was way down near Ukrainia
Just about a mile from Lithuania
In them old cottonfields back home

Posted by Blossom Glesh7427 2020-02-06 23:50|| 2020-02-06 23:50|| Front Page Top

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