Breaking: Actor Kirk Douglas dead at 103

[Mike 03]

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[MontanaMama]

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[Beartracks]

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[First Speaker]

3. I am Spartacus...

...rest in peace, Kirk. You were one of the greats.

[Jedi Guy]

15. No, I am Spartacus.

And yes, he was one of the greats. There won't be another like him.

[denbot]

19. No, I am Spartacus..

R.I.P.

[coti]

4. Damn. He resisted to the very end. nt

[2naSalit]

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[JDC]

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[Siwsan]

7. Can't say this comes as a surprise, but really. As if this day doesn't suck enough, already

[Mike 03]

8. I first saw him in the 1978 Brian De Palma movie called "The Fury"

he was quite amazing. He co-starred with newcomer Amy Irving in what was her first starring role. He also stole the show with Burt Lancaster in a movie called "Tough Guys" in the mid-eighties.

[PatSeg]

9. 103 years old

That's extraordinary. A long and full life!

[Kablooie]

27. Olivia de Havilland is 103 also and is still around.

The last of the Golden Age.

[PatSeg]

29. Isn't that incredible

I think de Havilland was determined to outlive them all.

[dewsgirl]

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[Docreed2003]

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Thank you Kirk for you art!

[TlalocW]

12. Sixty-three long years

Of people coming up to him and yelling, "I am Spartacus," to his face.

RIP

TlalocW

[Butterflylady]

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[uponit7771]

14. 103 yrs ... that's some serious time

[marked50]

16. A short list of his important contributions to justice

- a supporter of Dalton Trumbo- a blacklisted screenwriter in McCarthy times
- Edward Abbey- "Lonely are the Brave"-- he said that this was one of his most important works
- "Paths to Glory"

[Liberal In Texas]

17. RIP

Just had a birthday in December. And he was looking pretty good, frail but pretty good for over 100 then.

I'm glad he had a great life.

[Kid Berwyn]

18. Hasta Siempre, Kirk!

Genius. Kind. And a Democrat.

From Seven Days in May...



President Jordan Lyman: I know what Scott's attitude on the treaty is, what's yours?

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey: I agree with General Scott, sir. I think we're being played for suckers. I think it's really your business. Yours and the Senate. You did it, and they agreed so, well, I don't see how we in the military can question it. I mean we can question it, but we can't fight it. We shouldn't, anyway.

President Jordan Lyman: Jiggs, isn't it? Isn't that what they call you?

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey: Yes sir.

President Jordan Lyman: So you, ah, you stand by the Constitution, Jiggs?

Colonel Martin "Jiggs" Casey: I never thought of it just like that, Mr. President, but, well, that's what we got and I guess it's worked pretty well so far. I sure don't want to be the one to say we ought to change it.

President Jordan Lyman: Neither do I.

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President John F. Kennedy liked the book so much he let Hollywood use the White House to make the film.

[MsLeopard]

23. +1

Thank you for posting that scene. It makes me nostalgic for the good old days when there were decent, thoughtful leaders.

[mcar]

20. An amazing life!

[warmfeet]

21. A mench.

We need many more like him.

[Talitha]

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[pbmus]

24. I'm Spartacus...

[lunatica]

25. He was a unique actor.

I had a crush on him many years ago when he played in Spartacus. He was in some great movies of the time, when dialogue had to carry the movie.

[Kablooie]

26. Got a whale of a tale to tell you lads

[Jade Fox]

28. When Trump was running for President.....

Kirk Douglas, a Russian Jew, wrote a great anti-Trump article sighting his family's experience with the kind of bigotry of Trump followers. Someone will probably find the article and post it.

Personal favorite Douglas movies: Seven Days in May and Lonely Are the Brave

[burrowowl]

30. RIP

[FailureToCommunicate]

31. Amazing acting career. And, Douglas often did his own stunts...

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[gladium et scutum]

33. Einar, son of Ragnar n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

34. One of the best scenes: the Vikings throw axes at a pulled up draw-

bridge, and Douglas leaps across the moat, and CLIMBS up the axe handles to enter the castle!

[bdamomma]

32. RIP