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Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.

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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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Film Actor
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Stage Actor
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Amsterdam (city)
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Issur Danielovitch
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