NEW YORK (AP) – An emotional Michael Douglas said Thursday that surviving his cancer scare several years ago gave him new vitality as he settles into his senior years.
Douglas, 71, spoke about his health at an AARP luncheon celebrating the Academy Award-winner’s storied career and said: “It’s good to be alive.”
Douglas battled stage four throat cancer in 2010.
“Once you come out of that end, you have a resurgence, certainly of energy,” he told the crowd at the renowned restaurant Le Bernardin.
Douglas had his own celebrity cheering section as he was given AARP’s “Movies for Adults Lifetime Achievement Award.”