New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

End of the golden age FAREWELL, KIRK

He was the last surviving star from Hollywood’s golden age, a tough guy whose intensity on screen was matched by the way he threw himself into life at full speed.

A stroke and old age eventually put the brakes on Kirk Douglas. But only a few years before his death at the grand old age of 103, he was still pouring the energy he had left into causes he was passionate about, such as

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