Actor Kirk Douglas died at the age of 103
at the age of 103. In her Instagram post, Curtis said that the late movie star was close with both of her parents, actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and revealed he had once saved her life when she was a child.The Vikings “Kirk and [his wife Anne Buydens] were important to BOTH my parents. Here inwith both Tony and Janet,” the actress, 61, wrote.
“I just remembered this morning that Kirk saved my life when I rode my tricycle into the pool at a party and he dove in and brought me up from the bottom, still peddling.”Curtis continued by explaining that both her family and Douglas’ family had lost sons: “I was in school with their son, Eric who they lost in 2004. Tony lost his son, [Curtis’ half-brother] Nicholas in 1994. Families tied together in life and success and loss and struggle, past and present. Kirk is an example for us ALL.
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