R.I.P. Kirk Douglas.
 

Kirk Douglas - Wikipedia

He was quite a movie star.

A full and good life.

A good innings on anyones scoreboard!

He was from the small city I grew up in. A legend to us.

RIP ...Not many movie legends that we looked up to left if any......

I have no idea what he was like as a man, but boy was he good to look at :icon_wink:. I think of Mike Douglas and Spartacus comes to mind every time!

My immediate thought of him in the movies was "The Vikings" and one of my favorites
"Strangers when we Meet"

I can think of dozens.

Tom Hanks comes to mind.
Gary Sinise.
Robert Redford.
Nicole Kidman.
Meryl Streep.
Tom Cruise.
Denzel Washington.
Will Smith.
Jim Carrey.
Clint Eastwood.
Gene Hackman.
Angelina Jolie.
Michael Douglas.
Sandra Bullock.
Daniel Craig.
Reese Witherspoon.
Julia Roberts.
Edward Norton.
Anthony Hopkins.

One of my top favorite actors of all time.

Last night on the rerun of Saturday Night Live on NBC Friday at 10pm, they ran the episode almost 40 years ago exactly. February 23, 1980 Kirk Douglas was guest host. This was the first skit and it was the funniest of the show. Gilda Radner was a stage hand and had taken her mother backstage to meet her idol, the great Kirk Douglas. They had Kirk kneeling and wearing shoes where his knees were, so he looked like he was 4' tall. He had on a ascot and a robe like a Hollywood star, he didn't even have a dimple on his chin. Then the makeup people came in, one was carrying legs and all kinds of gear, so the visitors had to leave.

Here's a behind-the-scene photo of Kirk without his dimple and shoes strapped to his knees.

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