Kirk Douglas Age, Affairs, Children, Wife, Biography, Facts & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kirk Douglas
- Does Kirk Douglas drink alcohol?: Not known
- His parents changed his name several times from Issur Danielovitch Demsky to Issur Danielovitch, then to Isadore Demsky and finally settled on Kirk Douglas.
- He was the only boy of his parents out of all the seven children.
- His parents were not that rich and he did odd jobs to support his family and to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional actor.
- Besides being a fantastic actor and director, he is also a very famous author and has written 10 novels.
- He is a man of extraordinary character and very much passionate about blogging. He blogs from time to time on ‘Myspace’ and is believed to be the oldest celebrity blogger in the world.
- He married twice, first to Diana Dill and then to Anne Buydens with whom he met on the set of ‘Lust for Life.’
- His wife Anne saved his life when he was about to fly with Michael Todd (husband of Elizabeth Taylor) to New York on his private plane, but Anne begged him not to go as she was getting negative vibes for this trip. Later on, when they both were in the car and in midst of their argument, they turned the radio on and heard the news of the crash of that plane. At that time, he was very much grateful to her for saving his life.
- He also joined United States Navy in 1941, but soon after when United States entered World War II, he was medically discharged in 1944; because of war injuries.
- Douglas appeared as a musical guest in a “Jam Session at Jack’s” on October 17, 1955, in the episode of The Jack Benny Program.
- At the age of 72, when he suffered a head injury and a possible rib fracture from a plane crash, he started thinking about how to use life in a more productive way. This near-death experience led him to view life with a new insight.
- He has received the American ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ in 1981, and the Jefferson Award in 1983 for his humanitarian activities.
- He was honored with an honorary Oscar by Steven Spielberg for his fifty years as a creative and moral force in the film community at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in 1996.
- His son Eric Douglas (from his second wife) died on July 6, 2004, from an accidental overdose of alcohol and drugs.
- He became a centenarian on December 9, 2016; as he celebrated his 100th birthday at the Beverly Hills Hotel where he was joined by all his friends and family members. Moreover, he was also interviewed by many people and asked to share the experience with the media.