# Happy 103rd, Kirk Douglas!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616 "2019-12-09T21:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616/1 "2019-12-09T21:09:49Z")

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“Lifetime Achievement” honoree Kirk Douglas turns 103 today. One of the last of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Very best wishes!

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616/2 "2019-12-10T05:44:30Z")

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Holy shit!

I remember when he had his stroke, thinking “well, he had a pretty good run”…that was 23 years ago.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616/3 "2019-12-10T21:02:29Z")

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Yikes, and I see that John McCain’s mother is turning 108 in a couple of months. Wow.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616/4 "2019-12-10T21:38:36Z")

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And Norman Lloyd is still hanging in at 104.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-103rd-kirk-douglas/844616/5 "2019-12-10T23:41:41Z")

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> [@E-DUB](#):
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> And Norman Lloyd is still hanging in at 104.

105, actually.