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How Kirk Douglas helped to beat the anti-communist blacklist
The Hollywood star has died at the age of 103. PETER FROST recalls how he helped break the notorious ban on writers and actors during the early years of the cold war
Kirk Douglas, circa 1955
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KIRK DOUGLAS, award-winning film maker and Hollywood star of over 85 blockbuster films, died earlier this week aged 103.
Born Issur Danielovitch, the son a Jewish ragman who took the name Harry Demsky, his mother’s name was Bryna and he would use her name for his own film company in later life.
His parents were from from what is now Belarus. Issur worked his way through university as Isidore Demsky, before becoming a professional wrestler to pay for classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
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