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February 2020

Kirk Douglas helped end Hollywood blacklist

Born Issur Danielovitch, the only son of seven children of illiterate Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Kirk Douglas became a film icon and maverick producer who helped end the Hollywood blacklist. He has died at 103.

  • Dennis McLellan

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