Editing Kirk Douglas (section)

===Mike Todd===
Douglas was good friends with producer [[Mike Todd]] who lived across the street from him in Palm Springs.<ref name= Kirk&Anne2>Douglas, Douglas with Newberger. ''Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter and a Lifetime in Hollywood'', pp. 104–106</ref> On the morning of March 22, 1958, they were playing tennis when Todd asked him to come with him later that day on his private aircraft to New York, where he was due to receive an award.<ref name= Kirk&Anne2/> He suggested that Douglas could make the presentation to him and afterwards on the way back they could stop and visit former president Harry Truman in Independence, Missouri.

Upon hearing of the plan, Douglas's wife Anne had an uneasy feeling and urged him to take a commercial flight instead. After a heated argument about the matter, Douglas in a temper said that if he could not fly with Todd then he would not go at all.<ref name= Kirk&Anne2/>

The next morning while driving in the car to Los Angeles, Douglas and his family heard on the radio the news that Todd's aircraft had crashed a few hours after takeoff, killing all on board.<ref name= Kirk&Anne2/>