Something that's common knowledge is that actor Kirk Douglas was a fighter - and that's not simply due to the image he projected in the library of Kirk Douglas movies that are out there.

He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II. During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and ...

"To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies... but to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad," it read in part. How Kirk Douglas helped end the Hollywood ...