LOS ANGELES ¨C Kirk Douglas, the cleft-chinned movie star who fought gladiators, cowboys and boxers on the screen and the Hollywood establishment, died on Wednesday at the age of 103, his son Michael Douglas said.
¡°It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,¡± Michael Douglas said in a statement to People magazine and on his Facebook page.
¡°To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to,¡± Douglas added.
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