Charlton Heston Dead at 84 »

Posted By GregD 1 year, 7 months ago in News

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

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    DeWolf1 year, 7 months ago

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    HE WAS TRULY 1 OF THE GREATS -WHO STOOD UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. NOT TOO MANY ACTORS WILL DO THAT. CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY & ALL WHO LOVED HIM.RIP Mr.HESTON BE W/GOD.

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      TimALoftis1 year, 7 months ago

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      Additional news on Mr. Heston and his death can be found here;

      http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/06/heston.de...

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      4mogger1 year, 7 months ago

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      Freedom just lost an ally in a time when few people even know what the words mean.

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      avoth1 year, 7 months ago

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      Truly a great actor and a great American. What happened to him shouldn't happen to anyone. Maybe, when everyone in the world wakes up and stops killing each other, we can finally devote all those resources to curing diseases like Alzheimers.

      Rest in peace, Mr. Heston...you will be missed.

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        texangelwings1 year, 7 months ago

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        His passing is a great loss to the world! I remember going to the movie theater and watching him in the movies. And watching him performing with Sophia Lauren and many others!

        Prayers for his family and friends!

        Thanks GregD!

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        slate1 year, 7 months ago

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        Awww one of the truly greats has left us.

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          Poulenc1 year, 7 months ago

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          RIP, but please! Bad (OK, mediocre) actor--and a gun-hugger.

          Let's not let nostalgia for the movies of our collective youth cloud our sense of who the man actually was.

          (I'm counting on those out there who think similarly to counter the, er, buckshot this post will undoubtedly receive. At least there's no argument FOR his skills as actor.)

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          Poulenc1 year, 7 months ago

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          4mogger, you've got your def of me half-right: my jaw is indeed loosely hinged...

          ...but may I add: peace to you on this early spring Sunday.

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            blksentra21 year, 7 months ago

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            He was a generation or two before mine, but I'll always remember that quote from The Planet of The Apes (the only movie I've seen with him starring)

            "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!"

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            saneman1 year, 7 months ago

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            Sadly, all the money in the world doesn't buy one's good health.

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            DaneL1 year, 7 months ago

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            A man that stood up for what he believed with a voice that could raise the hair on the back of your neck. He will be missed. A true American!!

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              GWHayduke1 year, 7 months ago

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              A great actor, almost mythical in the way his characters are identified as Heston rather than the characters themselves.

              Who else could have made a campy film such as "Planet of the Apes" a classic?

              I have only good memories of Chuck. RIP.

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                GloryB1 year, 7 months ago

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                Although, I disagreed with Mr. Heston politically, I admire him for his commitment to his family (64 years of marriage) and his ideals. I am also appreciative of his wonderful work in films. RIP, Moses and Ben-Hur.

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                  stephen-johnson1 year, 7 months ago

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                  They don't make movie actors like Charlton Heston anymore.

                  He will be missed, but his legacy lives on.

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                    bluenote15221 year, 7 months ago

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                    My wife loved this guy. I always liked him but thought his acting rather robotic. Admired his commitment to family as well. We have lost a bit of Hollywood with his passing. Old Hollywood that is, I wouldn't give you a plugged nickel for today's Hollywood.

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                      doppich1 year, 7 months ago

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                      I certainly remember him in those Biblical epics, but my favorites are his sci-fi films, Soylent Green and The Omega Man being two great ones. And I can't leave out what was possibly his final big screen appearance - near the end of Bowling for Columbine.

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                        Howtogo1 year, 7 months ago

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                        He was a great man and a great actor. He left a legacy for future actors to follow. He also was liked personally by most of his peers. There are those that did not always agree with his political views, and that is OK here in the United States.

                        I'm sure there any web sites like Daily Kos, Huffington Post & Move On that will make obscene statements about his life and jump with glee at his death. These people do not represent the 98% of the citizens in America, but they are loud and obnoxious; and here in America they have the right to do this until the actually obtain what they are preaching. Then they will be exterminated by the system they wished for.

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                        kwilco1 year, 7 months ago

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                        Charlton Heston is dead. Good.

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                        jakeman7771 year, 7 months ago

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                        i'm not sure how i feel about his death... when i was a kid, i reall loved him starring in those cool movies... but things change for me, when i heard he was a bush supporter and a gun lover... this can never be rught... especially in the us, where guns are easier to get than food... or a dental...

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                          bluenote15221 year, 7 months ago

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                          Hey kwilco, Some respect please. I wouldn't cross the street to shake hands with some of the people you admire but I would NEVER respond in such a crass way. God is watching us.

                          So what kinds of things do you enjoy besides protesting at soldiers funerals and enjoying the death of a great actor?

                          Your behavior is only tolerated because most people have a limit on what they will politicize.

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                          KYRed1 year, 7 months ago

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                          Heston was certainly a dynamic actor, however I often thought his performances were a little bit too hammy. But I enjoyed them just the same. As for his politics, I think anyone who understands the nature of the birth of the USA would respect and fully support the 2nd amendment, no matter if that person be on the left, the right or anywhere in between.

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