Movie Icon Charlton Heston Dies

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From Hollywood icon to eccentric activist then on to President of the NRA, Charlton Heston certainly made the most of his 84 years. The devilishly handsome actor passed away this weekend. Dotspotter star blogger, popbytes, has the story…

 

Sad news this weekend in Hollywood - legendary Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston passed away yesterday at the age of 84 with his family by his side - he had an amazing run - plus was quite good looking back in the day - below is a shot of Mr. Heston as 'Moses' in The Ten Commandments with Anne Baxter (who passed away in 1985).   I loved him in the original Planet of the Apes back in 1968 - that updated version from a few years ago totally sucked!  In recent years Mr. Heston was a bit on the crazy side - he was president of the 'National Rifle Association' from 1998-2003 and you'll probably recall him being interviewed in Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary Bowling For Columbine (watch the clip).   I prefer to remember him as a great larger than life actor.

 

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARLTON HESTON AT THIS LINK.

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  • did they pry his gun from his cold dead hand?
    GloomyFoxy 75 GloomyFoxy 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • he was kind of a freak about the whole gun thing, but he was a real Hollywood star. rest in peace.
    ROCKinLA 108 ROCKinLA 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • heston was such a handsome young man
    choppedsooey 116 choppedsooey 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • yes,he is handsome,but handsome let him can't concentrate on his career.he has so many girlfriends ,but he still think that's not enough.I met him on"LOVINGRICH COM",a dating website,he is seeking some girlfriends.
    anonymous 5 stevenli45 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • he's DEAD, are you seriously trying to say this or just advertising your website??
    uplusmeisus 114 uplusmeisus 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Rest in peace Charlton. You are now in the presence of our "Lord" for all eternity.
    scorpiofemale 91 scorpiofemale 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • sorry,i made a mistake .Someone looks like him,and i confused on"LOVINGRICH COM"
    anonymous 5 stevenli45 4/7/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • - Remembering Charlton Heston: The Man In The Arena

    by Mark McIntire

    April 9, 2008 11:42 AM

    Charlton Heston kept his promises. He was good to his friends. He believed in a merciful God, and he loved his country. As though that was not enough to separate him from today's Hollywood elite, he was married, too, and lived with the same woman for over 60 years.

    Chuck well may be the last iconic gentleman of his era about whom all of the preceding statements were true.

    Many will recall Chuck's epic stage, movie and TV triumphs, and think he actually was Moses or Ben Hur or Will Penny or Mark Antony. That would amuse as much as bemuse him. "My dad pretends to be other people for a living,'' his only son, Fraser Heston, would tell his classmates.
    Chuck was an actor's actor whose only complaint was: "I never got it right. I always thought I could have done that role better.''

    Some will recall meeting Chuck at a premiere, posh party, political convention, or just on the street. They'd be struck to find he had the same commanding presence and honest grit, and the same gentlemanly manners, on screen and off. He was a gentleman's gentleman. "Daddy lives by his principles, not by the costumes he wears in movies,'' his only daughter, Holly, would tell all who asked what he was really like as a person.

    Once a liberal Democrat who campaigned with Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy, Chuck later became identified with the conservatism of his friend Ronald Reagan. "I didn't change . . . my party did,'' he'd explain to those who asked about his transformation.

    Of all the things that will be written and said of Chuck now that he is dead, a most important key to his character will be overlooked. Charlton Heston derived his moral and political values from ethical principles that did not change over the course of his spectacular life. His detractors argued this only proves he was a fool. But when we look at what his detractors have accomplished in their lives by comparison, we are left with the suspicion that Chuck was no fool. He was a centered man, comfortable in his own skin.

    At their 50th wedding anniversary dinner, some upstart (that would be me) had the impertinence to ask his beloved wife, Lydia: "How did you manage to stay married to that man for so many years?'' In her typical serenity and graciousness, she replied: "Through Chuck, I learned to keep a center of my being to myself . . . else there would be no one there for him to love.''

    The Holy Bible and the complete works of William Shakespeare were never far from Chuck's fingertips in his study. It's hard to think of my friend Chuck now without remembering these lines from "Romeo and Juliet,'' Act 3, Scene 2:
    "And when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars. And he shall make the face of heaven so fine, that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.''

    Mark McIntire, a Santa Barbara resident, knew
    Charlton Heston for 27 years.
    anonymous anonymous 4/10/08 Reply
     
  • How dare you post that fat f*** Michael Moore photo on the same page with Mr. Heston?
    By the way Michael, can you get any bigger? Have another sandwich, you fat f***.
    anonymous anonymous 4/12/08 Reply
     
 
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