Kirk and Anne Douglas—Read the Love Letters of Hollywood's Greatest Romance
On 4/30/21 at 5:28 AM EDT
Anne Douglas, the wife of the late Kirk Douglas, has died at the age of 102, a year after her husband passed away last February at 103.
Married for 66 years, the couple's love story was highly celebrated and immortalized in their enduring love letters.
"Anne was more than a stepmother, and never 'wicked,'" actor and stepson Michael Douglas said in a statement following Anne Douglas' death on Thursday. "She brought out the best in all of us, especially our father. Dad would never have had the career he did without Anne's support and partnership. Catherine and I and the children adored her; she will always be in our hearts." (per