Douglas made more than 90 movies in a career that stretched across seven decades
made him one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1950s and 60s.
A stroke in 1996 at age 80 left Mr. Douglas with slurred speech and damaged facial nerves. But two weeks later he showed his spirit by attending the Academy Awards ceremony to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. He also continued to take small acting roles through 2008, but said the stroke left him suicidal.
In one of his last public appearances, Douglas was frail and barely audible in a wheelchair as he helped daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones present the Oscar for best screenplay in January, 2018. In November of that year, he joined his son Michael as the younger Mr. Douglas was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
“I make my own way,” Mr. Douglas once told an interviewer. “Nobody’s my boss. Nobody’s ever been my boss. … I’ve been a maverick.” was his favourite film because, as producer, he took a big step toward breaking the Hollywood blacklist.
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