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Virtue is not photogenic.

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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Soldier
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Amsterdam (city)
New York
Issur Danielovitch
Izzy Demsky
Isador Demsky
Issur Danielovich
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Virtue
Photogenic

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