Kirk
Douglas, cuando tenía 97 años, en una entrevista en la que
participa su hijo, el también actor Michael
Douglas. Tenían una relación muy estrecha y Michael señala el deseo de Kirk
de estar al lado de sus hijos. Para saber: Chavusy,
la región de Bielorrusia de donde
provenían los padres de Kirk. En
vocabulario: stifling,
talked his way y standout
Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch in
Amsterdam, New York, the son of Bryna "Bertha" and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch.
His parents were Jewish immigrants
from Chavusy, Mogilev Region,
in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), and the family spoke Yiddish at home.
His father's
brother, who immigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky, which Douglas's
family adopted in the United States. Douglas grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally
changed his name to Kirk Douglas
before entering the United States Navy during
World War II.
