Anne Buydens, 101 years

“Is Kirk Douglas’ wife, to whom he married 65 years, still alive?” This was the question asked when the Hollywood legend passed away on February 5, 2020. The answer is yes, his wife Anne Buydens is over 100 years old. She was born Hannelore Marx in 1919 in the former Weimar Republic and then emigrated to the USA via Belgium and France. A book composed of love letters that the couple wrote to each other over decades. This is one of her fondest memories of her husband Kirk.

