{"id":830161,"date":"2026-08-29T21:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830161\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T21:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T21:18:15","slug":"kirk-douglass-touching-gift-to-daughter-in-law-catherine-zeta-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830161\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Douglas\u2019s touching gift to daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kirk Douglas<\/a> left his and his late wife Anne\u2019s estate \u2013 including their impressive art collection, Oscar statuettes and film memorabilia \u2013 to son Michael Douglas<\/a> and other members of their family. <\/p>\n

The Hollywood legend known for leading roles in Spartacus, Lust for Life and Paths of Glory died aged 103 in February 2020.<\/a> His widow Anne, Michael Douglas\u2019s stepmother, died the following year aged 102. <\/a><\/p>\n

According to TMZ,<\/a> the trust executed by Kirk and Anne set out which family members would inherit parts of their considerable estate. <\/p>\n

Kirk Douglas had four children \u2013 Michael, Eric, Joel and Peter Douglas. His grandchildren were apparently also named as beneficiaries in his will. Eric died in 2004 of an accidental overdose, aged 46.<\/p>\n

Michael,<\/a> who has starred in films including Wall Street, Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct, reportedly received several artworks including 19 lithographs by the artist Marc Chagall, titled The Bible series.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joel is said to have been given the honorary Oscar that Kirk was given by Steven Spielberg in 1996 for his half-century\u2019s work in the film industry.<\/p>\n

\"CameronCameron Douglas, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kirk Douglas pictured together in 2018, when Michael Douglas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Michael\u2019s wife of 25 years, Welsh actor Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/a>, reportedly received \u201cThe Friendship Bench\u201d made by the late sculptor John Kennedy.<\/p>\n

Born in 1931, the late artist is known for his graceful bronze figures that can be found in a number of parks and campuses around the world. His sculpture Spirit of Audrey, dedicated to Hollywood film star Audrey Hepburn, is located at the Unicef headquarters in New York City. <\/p>\n

Kirk Douglas was one of Kennedy\u2019s most notable collectors, along with German-Swiss socialite and art collector Gunter Sachs, Swiss industrialist Baron Thyssen, and philanthropist couple Jim and Jackie Lee Houston.<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n

Other items handed out to various grandchildren reportedly included Kirk\u2019s Medal of Freedom, awarded to him in 1981 by President Carter, his 1983 Jefferson Award, and jewelry that belonged to Anne. <\/p>\n

Shortly after Kirk\u2019s death, it was reported that Kirk left the majority of his $61m fortune to be distributed by the Douglas Foundation <\/a>\u2013 the charitable organisation he and Anne founded in 1964 with the goal of \u201chelping those who cannot help themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n

Announcing his father\u2019s passing, Michael acknowledged his status to the public as \u201ca legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for us all to aspire to\u201d. <\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Douglas called his father a \u2018wonderful father-in-law\u2019 to his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones (AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cBut to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchildren their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKirk\u2019s life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Michael Douglas announced that he was preparing to release a memoir in 2026. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter being asked for many years, I\u2019ve finally decided it\u2019s time to tell my story on my own terms,\u201d the actor said in a statement in February<\/p>\n

\u201cNot the highlight reel, not the version shaped by headlines or box office numbers, but the real one. I\u2019ve lived a life that unfolded in public while being deeply private at the same time, and there\u2019s a difference. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about where I came from, what I fought against, and what I chose for myself. Fame can blur the truth; this is my attempt to bring it back into focus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[33178,2356,236,88,308],"class_list":["post-830161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-arts-culture-and-entertainment","tag-california","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-horizontal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830161","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=830161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}