Film legend Kirk Douglas has died matured 103

The 103-year-old Spartacus star passed away on Wednesday and his demise has been affirmed by his actor child Michael in an announcement.

“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 setting a standard of us all to aspire to… but to me and my brothers, Joel and Peter, he was simply dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband,” the Basic Instinct star writes.

“Kirk’s life was well-lived, and he leaves a legacy in the film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet. Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad – I love you so much and I am so proud to be your son.”

Born Issur Danielovitch in New York to Russian parents, who landed in America in 1912, Kirk began his acting career on the Broadway stage in 1940, preceding he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Following service in World War Two, he came back to the theatre before discovering notoriety on the big screen.

He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1959 for his role in Champion and proceeded to get one of the most revered and beloved Hollywood icons of the 1960s and 1970s, showing up in more than 70 movies and getting various accolades, remembering the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 1981, France’s top award, the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and a honorary Oscar in 1995. He additionally landed Oscar nods in 1953 for The Bad and the Beautiful and in 1957 for his acclaimed performance as artist Vincent Van Gogh in the biopic Lust forever.

Douglas survived a helicopter crash in 1991 and a stroke in 1996.

He chronicled his life in the 1988 autobiography, The Ragman’s Son.

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce authorities paid their respects to the legend by placing flowers on Kirk’s Walk of Fame star on Wednesday evening. He disclosed the plaque precisely 60 years prior on 8 February 1960.