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Subject: Abdullah Atalar: scientist is most notable person born on most ... 26 Nov 2010 ... Abdullah Atalar, a Turkish scientist and academic was born on April 11, 1954 which has been named the most boring day in history by ...


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Kirk Douglas' Father (1884 - April 11, 1954)
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Date Posted: 26/11/10 1:10:33
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Kirk Douglas' Father (1884 - April 11, 1954)
@ Cranesville, New York.

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EVENING RECORDER
AMSTERDAM, NY
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954

HARRY DEMSKY, KIRK DOUGLAS' FATHER, DIES

Harry Demsky, father of Movie Actor Kirk ' Douglas, died last night at the Jewish Home for the Aged in Troy.

Demsky, 70, who came to the United States in 1906, ran a waste metals business in Amsterdam for many years. Following his retirement, he made his home at the Fourth Ward Hotel. He had been living at the home of a daughter in Troy before entering the Jewish Home last Friday.

Kirk Douglas flew east Saturday to visit his father and returned to California early yesterday when it appeared that the sick man was out of immediate danger.

Demsky's widow, Mrs. Bertha Sandler Demsky, is a resident of the Troy Jewish Home.

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KIRK DOUGLAS' FATHER, HARRY DEMSKY, IS DEAD

TROY (UP) -- Harry Demsky, Russian-born father of movie actor Kirk Douglas, died last Jewish Home for the Aged. He was 70.

Demsky, who came to the United States in 1906, ran a waste metals business in nearby Amsterdam for many years before his retirement. He had been living at the home of a daughter here before entering the home last Friday.

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EVENING RECORDER
AMSTERDAM, NY
SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1955

MONUMENT UNVEILING

A monument to the late Harry Demsky, who died April 11, 1954, will be unveiled in Congregation Sons of Israel Cemetery, Cranesville, Sunday at 2 p.m. Friends
and relatives are invited to attend

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