Michael Douglas Pays Emotional Tribute To Late Father Kirk Douglas Saying 'There Wasn't Anyone Like Him'

May 19, 2020 by apost team

Three months after Kirk Douglas, one of the leading stars of Hollywood's golden age, passed away at the age of 103, his son, Michael Douglas, and his daughter-in-law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, speak openly about their loss and pay a touching tribute to the late actor. 

In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight, Michael Douglas opened up about the loss of his father Kirk Douglas, praising him and his accomplishments: 

“There wasn’t anyone like him. There’s another generation, that was the great generation, post-World War II … and Dad was one of kind.”

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Michael’s wife Catherine Zeta-Jones joined her husband for the interview and the couple talked about their current work on the fundraiser, “We All Play Our Part: A Benefit for MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund)” that is raising money for a COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. Michael revealed that he believes his father would be “very happy” about his effort to help support people in need, even though he is sure that Kirk would be even more proud about something else: 

“I know he takes particular pride — not so much in whatever I worked with and I’m doing with the Motion Picture Television Fund — but I know he loves Catherine [and] the work that she’s doing,” Michael revealed. “He always used to tease me. We would call him up and he would be like, ‘Enough with you, let me talk to your wife.’ He was a flirt until the very end.”

After hearing Michael’s comment, Catherine agreed with her husband and added, “oh yes, he’s a great flirt” before praising her late father-in-law for always being so driven despite the  heavy stroke of fate he had to face throughout his life: 

“He crosses our minds every day. But for me, during this time of, ‘OK, we are all locked down, what do you do?’ It’s so easy to go into a procrastination vibe.  And Kirk, he went through so much from a helicopter crash to a stroke and then just age, being alone and what does he do with this time,” Catherine told Entertainment Tonight.

“And what was so admirable about him was he was always involved with courage events, he wrote 11 books, he worked with his rabbi, he worked with his philanthropic endeavors and he always created something to do and he taught me that lesson,” she added. “He always said to us, ‘Write a book, do something else. What are you doing?’ And he’d be working on something right now, I’m sure.”

Kirk Douglas truly was one of a kind and his memory will continue to inspire his family and so many others to keep thriving! Be sure to pass this article along to your loved ones to keep Kirk’s memory alive!