Anne Douglas, the widow of Kirk Douglas and stepmother of Michael Douglas, died Thursday in California. She was 102.

Douglas died at her home in Beverly Hills, according to an obituary provided by spokeswoman Marcia Newberger. No cause of death was given.

Kirk Douglas, the Hollywood legend who starred in B次元官网网址淪partacus,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淟ust for LifeB次元官网网址� and dozens of other films, died in February 2020 at 103.

He married Anne Buydens in 1954 after they met in Paris while he was filming B次元官网网址淎ct of LoveB次元官网网址� and she was doing publicity. They had two sons, Peter, a producer, and Eric, an actor.

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In 2017 the couple published B次元官网网址淜irk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood.B次元官网网址�

The Douglas Foundation, which Anne and her husband co-founded, has donated millions to a wide range of institutions, from ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Hospital Los Angeles to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Michael Douglas said his stepmother B次元官网网址渨ill always be in our hearts.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淪he brought out the best in all of us, especially our father. Dad would never have had the career he did without AnneB次元官网网址檚 support and partnership,B次元官网网址� the actor said in a statement.

Kirk DouglasB次元官网网址� first wife and MichaelB次元官网网址檚 mother, Diana Douglas, died in 2015.

The Associated Press

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