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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Taking its toll: Michael Douglas looked tired and frail as he left his Manhattan home today
Brave Michael Douglas continued to defy his cancer to carry on with normal life as he walked his daughter to school in New York today.
The 66-year-old actor is undergoing gruelling treatment to fight his throat cancer, which doctors have told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival.
As Douglas concentrates on regaining his health, his friend Danny Devito headed to Zurich to pick up a prestigious award on his behalf.
Feeling the strain: Douglas is currently undergoing gruelling chemo treatment for throat cancer
DeVito, who co-starred with Douglas in Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of his friend at the Zurich Film Festival.
Despite the actor's illness, DeVito kept things light-hearted, telling the audience: 'Michael is so strong. He gets better and better with every movie he makes.
'So that's why I tell him to work more.'
On the school run: He was pictured today taking daughter Carys Zeta to school
Last week Douglas's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones abandoned plans to watch the Ryder Cup after attending the grand opening ceremony.
How he was: Looking fuller-faced and healthier back in March
On Wednesday evening Zeta-Jones had said that her husband was 'doing great, given the circumstances.
She said: 'Michael's not travelling with me this weekend. He's just finishing up his treatment.
'He's holding up very, very well and everyone could not be happier with the progress. He's doing fine thanks.
'He's strong and the doctors are so happy and he's just about to complete - what anyone who's gone through it knows - a pretty gruelling eight weeks.'
While Zeta-Jones would normally have stayed with her husband to watch the golf - both love the sport - she then flew home the following morning to be with him and their two children Carys, seven, and Dylan, ten.
The Oscar-winning actress has also pulled out of a new film role so she could spend time with her husband during his health battle.
Zeta-Jones, 40, had been due to play Vivien Leigh in the film My Week With Marilyn alongside Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams - a part she was said to be eager to take.
An honour: Danny DeVito accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of Douglas, at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland
'He gets better and better': DeVito, with U.S. actor Frank Langella and U.S. film director and screenwriter Oliver Stone
source :dailymail
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Taking its toll: Michael Douglas looked tired and frail as he left his Manhattan home today Brave Michael Douglas continued to defy his cancer to carry on with normal life as he walked his daughter to school in New York today.
The 66-year-old actor is undergoing gruelling treatment to fight his throat cancer, which doctors have told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival.
As Douglas concentrates on regaining his health, his friend Danny Devito headed to Zurich to pick up a prestigious award on his behalf.
Feeling the strain: Douglas is currently undergoing gruelling chemo treatment for throat cancerDeVito, who co-starred with Douglas in Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile, accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of his friend at the Zurich Film Festival.
Despite the actor's illness, DeVito kept things light-hearted, telling the audience: 'Michael is so strong. He gets better and better with every movie he makes.
'So that's why I tell him to work more.'
On the school run: He was pictured today taking daughter Carys Zeta to schoolLast week Douglas's wife Catherine Zeta-Jones abandoned plans to watch the Ryder Cup after attending the grand opening ceremony.
How he was: Looking fuller-faced and healthier back in MarchOn Wednesday evening Zeta-Jones had said that her husband was 'doing great, given the circumstances.
She said: 'Michael's not travelling with me this weekend. He's just finishing up his treatment.
'He's holding up very, very well and everyone could not be happier with the progress. He's doing fine thanks.
'He's strong and the doctors are so happy and he's just about to complete - what anyone who's gone through it knows - a pretty gruelling eight weeks.'
While Zeta-Jones would normally have stayed with her husband to watch the golf - both love the sport - she then flew home the following morning to be with him and their two children Carys, seven, and Dylan, ten.
The Oscar-winning actress has also pulled out of a new film role so she could spend time with her husband during his health battle.
Zeta-Jones, 40, had been due to play Vivien Leigh in the film My Week With Marilyn alongside Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Williams - a part she was said to be eager to take.
An honour: Danny DeVito accepted the Golden Icon Award on behalf of Douglas, at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland
'He gets better and better': DeVito, with U.S. actor Frank Langella and U.S. film director and screenwriter Oliver Stonesource :dailymail
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