At 100 and 98-years-old respectively, Kirk Douglas and his beloved wife Anne are one of the ultimate Hollywood couples.
After 63 years of marriage, the couple have plenty of memories and a strong love for each other.
And now that’s been revealed in a new book released by Kirk and Anne.
The book, titled Kirk And Anne: Letters Of Love, Laughter And A Lifetime In Hollywood by Kirk and Anne Douglas.
It chronicles their long courtship and how Anne tamed Kirk’s womanising ways, in their own words and with some of their most romantic and revealing love letters.
Like many from the older generations, Anne and Kirk regularly hand wrote each other beautiful and romantic love letters.
And while there are dozens published in their new book, there’s one that’s particularly poignant.
An excerpt of the letter, written by Kirk 60 years ago and published by the Daily Mail, is certainly moving.
“My darling wife,” Kirk wrote.
“At this moment you are thousands of feet above the earth, sleeping peacefully I hope but racing towards me. Airplanes fly so fast.
“Why am I writing? You will be here soon. But I know that when you get here, we will not have time to say all the things we want to say to each other.
“In fact, if we live to be 100, there will still be so many unsaid things — which is just as well, perhaps, because then, if there is a life after death, we will have many things to talk about later.”
It’s particularly poignant seeing as Kirk hit the big 100 last year.
In the book, the couple tell the story of their letter.
It was Anne who saved their letters, by keeping them carefully folded away and even collecting Kirk’s letters from the bottom of his suitcase when he’d return home from filming a movie.
But it was Kirk who decided the couple should publish them and share their love story.
“I hope our grandchildren won’t be shocked by the intensity of the letters,” he said, according to the Daily Mail.
“Perhaps they will come to value, even in this world of instant communication, the joy of writing and receiving non-electronic letters — particularly when it comes to love.”