Hollywood veteran Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103.
Born in New York to Russian migrants in 1916, Douglas became an icon of Hollywood cinema during its golden age.
Douglas received his first Academy Award nomination in 1949, playing a ruthless boxer in Champion.
But it is the role of Spartacus in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 movie that he was best known for.
Douglas is survived by his wife Anne and four sons.
In a statement to People magazine, his son, actor Michael Douglas, said it was with tremendous sadness that he announce his father's death.
"To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in setting a standard for all of us to aspire to," he said.
"Kirk's life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet," he added.
Douglas made more than 90 movies in a career that stretched across seven decades, and films such as Spartacus and The Vikings made him one of the biggest box office stars of the 1950s and '60s.
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