{"id":829413,"date":"2026-08-29T04:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/829413\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T04:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:52:10","slug":"michael-douglas-dad-kirk-took-care-of-catherine-zeta-jones-in-his-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/829413\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas&#8217; Dad Kirk Took Care of Catherine Zeta-Jones In His Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Michael Douglas<br \/>\n                          Late Father Kirk\u2019s Trust Revealed<br \/>\n                          Huge Art Collection and Gifts to Family and Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 28, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:00 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  August 28, 2026<br \/>\n                                6:16 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260828_43c88260ca2d49819748c4a7ac08c5a9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:50bfde7f-5705-4713-a04f-93d73fa2a0d4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/43c88260ca2d49819748c4a7ac08c5a9_md.jpg\" alt=\"michael douglas catherine zeta jones kirk douglas getty main\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-douglas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Douglas<\/a>&#8216; dad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kirk-douglas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk Douglas<\/a>, made sure the actor&#8217;s wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/catherine-zeta-jones\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a>, was taken care of in his will before he died &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ obtained the trust documents executed by Kirk, who died in 2020 at 103, and his widow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/anne-douglas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Douglas<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/04\/29\/kirk-douglas-widow-anne-dead-dies\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> in 2021 at 102 &#8230; and they lay out which family members inherited the various parts of their massive estate.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk had four kids: Michael, Eric, Joel, and Peter Douglas &#8230; and his grandkids are also beneficiaries of the estate.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Per the will, Michael received a wooden rectangular piece, five outdoor structures that include a tall lady in bronze, a small sculpture of a nude girl with braids (Yugoslavian), and a sculpture of two children &#8212; along with 19 lithographs by famed artist Marc Chagall called &#8220;The Bible Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260828_740c7e4468294b16bf71fecd4c21f18c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:50bfde7f-5705-4713-a04f-93d73fa2a0d4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/740c7e4468294b16bf71fecd4c21f18c_md.jpg\" alt=\"michael douglas catherine zeta jones kirk douglas getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>His other son, Joel, received the Oscar that Kirk was awarded in 1996, a 3-D set of miniatures of Kirk and Anne, and several paintings. Kirk&#8217;s son Peter got a bunch of other paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Michael, Peter, and Joel all got the chance to take $100K worth of memorabilia \u2026 while the house staff was able to raid Anne&#8217;s closets and drawers to take things.<\/p>\n<p>The docs also note that Michael&#8217;s wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, would receive &#8220;The Friendship Bench&#8221; made by John Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk&#8217;s grandson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cameron-douglas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Douglas<\/a>, received Kirk&#8217;s Medal of Freedom, awarded to Kirk in 1981 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jimmy-carter\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">President Carter<\/a>. Another grandson received his 1983 Jefferson Award, and other grandkids received other awards. His granddaughter received a bunch of jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Joel is asking the court to appoint a new administrator for his trust to replace the corporate one and speed things up when it comes to handling the trust and making distributions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas Late Father Kirk\u2019s Trust Revealed Huge Art Collection and Gifts to Family and Catherine Zeta-Jones Published&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-829413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}