December 9 in the "narrow circle" celebrated its centenary actor Kirk Douglas. He is not the only celebrity who managed to live more than a century.
We represent the most famous people who have crossed the centenary.
Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916)
December 9, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the representative of the "golden age of Hollywood" Kirk Douglas. The most famous film with his participation is Spartak.
The fate of the actor can not be called easy. He was born in a poor Jewish family. His parents were from the Russian Empire. As a child, Kirk was a painful child, moreover, he was subjected to anti-Semitic attacks. He started earning newspapers himself at a fairly early age. In 1941-1943 he passed military service, but was commissioned because of dysentery.
The last 25 years of his life were especially difficult. In 1991, the actor fell into a terrible plane crash in which he, the only one, managed to survive. In 1996, Douglas suffered a stroke, and in 2004 lost one of his four sons. All these sorrows did not break the actor. He continues to enjoy life. In 2014, Kirk Douglas and his wife celebrated a diamond wedding (60 years)! The secret of his longevity is connected with a happy marriage:
"I believe that our wonderful marriage and our conversations at dawn and dusk have helped me to live for so long"
The actor never paid much attention to his health, he smoked a lot and did not deny himself the pleasures. He is convinced that his longevity is not an accident.
"Maybe the world needs this, maybe from my presence here it is more useful than from my absence, I do not know .."
The celebrant celebrated the centenary of a family villa in Los Angeles. The organizers of the event were Kirk's eldest son Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta Jones. Before the festival, she posted on her page in Instagram a touching video with a signature:
"Happy Birthday, Kirk. 100 years today. I love you, Daddy! "
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin (February 10, 1915 - October 31, 2016)
Vladimir Mikhailovich was born back in the time of tsarist power! All his life he devoted to acting. He played in the theater and cinema until the last days of his life. He starred in such films as "Pig and Shepherd", "Ten Little Indians", "Woman in White", "Carnival Night" and many others. In his autobiography, the artist wrote:
"I heard Mayakovsky live. Akhmatova herself crossed the threshold of my dressing room! I saw the performances of Tairov and Meyerhold "
During the war, the actor often went to the front, spoke to the soldiers.
When the artist was asked about the secret of his longevity, he revealed as many as 5 secrets! This is the enthusiasm for their work, a full rest, a love for women, the absence of bad habits and a child's perception of the world. Vladimir Mikhailovich was married three times. His only son died in 1941, being still very young.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin died on October 31, 2016 from multiple organ failure.
David Rockefeller (born June 12, 1915)
David Rockefeller - the oldest billionaire planet and head of the clan of the famous Rockefellers. His estate David inherited from his grandfather, John Rockefeller.
His longevity, the billionaire, not least due to the good work of surgeons. It is known that he had a heart transplant operation 6 times.
"Every time I get a new heart, my body takes a sip of life ..."
Rockefeller has the largest collection of beetles in the world. They say that he does not go out for a walk without a can.
Bob Hope (May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003)
Bob Hope - one of the most famous actors of America. He starred in more than 80 films and 18 times was the host of the Oscars (this is a record). Bob Hope played a lot in military operations before the military, in particular, in Korea and Vietnam. On his wife, Dolores, he married in 1934 and had very little time before the 70th anniversary of the wedding. By the way, his wife lived 102 years.
Bob Hope died 2 months after he turned 100 years old. Before his death, he was asked where he would like to be buried. The actor replied: "Surprise me."
Bo Gilbert (born in 1916)
Bo Gilbert - the first and so far the only model in the world, which made a career unusually late - in 100 years! She was invited to appear in the holiday issue of the British "Vogue", published on the day of the journal's centenary. Photoshoot turned out very successful. Bravo, Bo!
Isabella Danilovna Yuryeva (September 7, 1899 - January 20, 2000)
Variety singer Isabella Yuryeva was popular in the 20-40's. She was a performer of Russian and Gypsy romances. During the war she performed in hospitals, at conscription points, went to the ruined Stalingrad. And then for a long time fell into disgrace. Soviet power found her songs vulgar.
Isabella Danilovna by nature had a unique voice, perfect hearing and artistry. She did not study anywhere, did not know the music ... Was so talented that her faculties did not need a facet.
In addition, Isabella Yurieva possessed beauty and charm. It was called "white gypsy" and "cameo". In her youth she had many admirers, among whom the American millionaire Armand Hammer, the writer M. Zoshchenko, the children's poet S.Ya. Marshak. But she was married to a man - her administrator, Joseph Epstein, all his life. Their only son died at the age of one year, and two days later she had to perform with a concert.
"I was told: the public should know nothing, she came to have fun ... And I sang, holding the chair. And in the box ... the opera princess Claudia Novikova was crying. She knew everything ... "
Isabella Yuryeva survived her beloved wife for almost 30 years. Only in 1990 she received the title of People's Artist. The singer died at the age of 100, but her songs continue to live.
Olivia de Havilland (born July 1, 1916)
Hollywood actress Olivia de Havilland is best known to us for the role of Melanie Hamilton from Gone with the Wind. She is the only surviving star from this cult film. This summer she turned 100 years old. The actress lived a large and rich life. She gladly recalls riding horses with Ernest Hamenguey, giving Laurence Olivier love notes from Vivienne Lee, separating the fighting from Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ...
Life did not always indulge her. The actress lost her husband and son, and three years ago at the age of 96 her sister died - no less famous actress Joan Fontaine, with whom Olivia all her life competed.
Now Olivia de Havilland lives in Paris.
Gloria Stewart (July 4, 1910 - September 26, 2010)
This Hollywood actress during her 70-year career has starred in more than 70 films. But Gloria Stewart received her stellar role, which glorified her all over the world ... at the age of 87. You probably already guessed whose image she embodied on the screen? Of course, we are talking about the role of the aged Rose from the movie "Titanic"!
The film character Gloria was 101 years - 15 more than the performer at that time - so the actress imposed an "aging" make-up!
Gloria Stewart, like her heroine, celebrated a centenary, but a few months later she died of respiratory failure. Interestingly, her close friend was Olivia de Havilland, who in the summer of 2016 also celebrated the 100th anniversary.
Queen Mother Elizabeth (August 4, 1900 - March 30, 2002)
Before the arrival of Princess Diana, the Queen Mother (the mother of Elizabeth II, now living) was the most popular member of the royal family. She became queen in 1936 when her husband George VI ascended the throne. After 3 years, the war began. From death, no one was insured, not even the royal family, because the bombs fell even on Buckingham Palace. But Elizabeth flatly refused to leave England and take out the children:
"Children will not go without me. I will not leave the king. And the king will never leave the country "
She traveled a lot to the places that suffered from the bombings, which won the authority of the people. In 1942, organized the collection of funds to help the destroyed Stalingrad, and in 2000 received the title of "Honorary Citizen of Volgograd."
Until her death (and she lived 101 years), the Queen Mother was the main core of the royal family. She participated in all official events, smoothing out the conflicts and scandals that now and then arise in her big family, and even developed a script for her own funeral.
When the Queen was gone, more than 200,000 people came to say goodbye to her.