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| Charlton Heston, RIP |
| 2008-04-06 |
| BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Legendary actor, civil-rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston passed away today, at 84. He died at his home with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, at his side. Heston is survived by his two children, Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell, and his three grandchildren, Jack Alexander Heston, Ridley Rochell and Charlie Rochell. A private memorial service will be held. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #24 “I think we make a difference together. We are a freer people than if we hadn't fought this good fight,” Charlton Heston |
| Posted by: Crolusing tse Tung2745 2008-04-06 22:40 |
| #23 I'm going to go get drunk now. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2008-04-06 19:17 |
| #22 Sure, Sarah. Bend over. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-06 19:10 |
| #21 Awwwww - RIP MOSES, BEN HUR, GENERAL GORDON, MAJOR DUNDEE, etc. With this WOT, Osama's = Radical Islam's recent escalatory rdirection of Jihad towards Russia-Asia,+ US-led OWG-NWO still nascent, THERE ARE NOT MANY HOLLYWOOD ACTORS LEFT TO REPRESENT OLD-STYLE MASCULINE IDEALS OF RAM-ROD STRENGTH AND GUMPTION. Then again, isn't that what CGI is for - great actors/actresses' persona of yore can live again in new movies. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-06 18:48 |
| #20 Rest in Peace Mr. Heston. You spent your life doing what is right for yourself and your countrymen in a place famous for doing the opposite. That your films will still be seen even after those who are yet unborn have all passed away is the best legacy America can provide. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-04-06 18:32 |
| #19 It's interesting that Charlton Heston was one of the first Democrats to throw his support behind the Zionist Republican Dr. Martin Luther King in the early sixties. |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-04-06 17:23 |
| #18 Unlike Moses, he spent his life in his promised land. His memory is indeed a blessing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-06 14:40 |
| #17 No.. not even from his cold, dead, hands |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-04-06 14:35 |
| #16 Can we have his gun now? |
| Posted by: Sarah Brady 2008-04-06 13:54 |
| #15 Moose thanks for that memory. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-04-06 11:44 |
| #14 God Bless this man and his family. We just found out last week that he has lived in his house, built with the earnings from Ben Hur since 1959. Frugil and classic. Speaking of classic, "From my cold dead hands" We will miss him. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-04-06 11:43 |
| #13 ... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. "If you want to feel the warm breath of freedom upon your neck... if you want to touch the pulse of liberty that beat in our Founding Fathers... you may do so through the majesty of the Second Amendment" - Charlton Heston A true American. We are the poorer for his passing. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-04-06 11:22 |
| #12 caught in comments at AOSHQ: he was great, even in Wayne's World II. Had to be one of his last appearances on screen? Go to 0:30 in... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-06 10:39 |
| #11 Truly a Man amongst Men. Rest Easy Mr Heston. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-06 10:35 |
| #10 Our staff at EBS-Zaragoza had a chance to interview him in the late 1980s - and what we took away from the experience was that he was a total and complete professional. He could not have been more gracious to the two young airmen (interviewer and camera) who actually did the interview. I wrote about it here. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2008-04-06 10:11 |
| #9 Damn, I'd have loved to see that, 'moose. Wonder if it's around somewhere on You-tube (and how one would find it).... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-06 10:04 |
| #8 I remember how in his later years he was invited on to the show "Politically Incorrect", with that asshole Bill Maher. All the other guests were notoriously leftist liberal, and kept up a barrage of noise while Heston just sat there. Then one made the mistake of sneering about guns. Maher interjected, both jabbing at Heston and trying to get him to say something. Heston made a short, subeued and polite comment that was the typical NRA statement-of-fact used to counter emotional leftist polemic. Then Maher, again with a sneer, asked Heston to "Say it like Moses would say it." Whoa. Heston "turned on", and with full screen presence like he had in The Ten Commandments, issued forth a MIGHTY, Moses-coming-down-from-Mount-Sinai, proclamation about gun rights, and citing "The Lord Your God Has Said..." Whoa. Everybody else shut the hell up. After Heston finished, you could have heard a pin drop in that studio. Utter silence for at least ten seconds as everyone, Maher, guests and studio audience, were afraid to *move*. Finally Maher had to say *something*, but that was effectively the end of the show. They were just timid and unimportant mice, in the presence of gigantic greatness. Nothing that they could say or do mattered at all. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-06 09:43 |
| #7 God bless, Mr. Heston. I'll go to the range today and sight in a new scope in your honor. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-04-06 09:31 |
| #6 This guy's belief in America as a good and noble country and people is krypronite to the morons running around hollyweird today... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-04-06 08:07 |
| #5 A good man. The replacement crop of hollywood is a disgrace. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-06 07:43 |
| #4 damn. Loved his work, his principles, and the way he conducted his life. RIP indeed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-06 07:27 |
| #3 God Bless. See you on the other side Mr. Heston. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-06 02:33 |
| #2 A very good actor and a superlative President of the NRA. Thank you for your service, Mr. Heston. |
| Posted by: Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-04-06 00:54 |
| #1 A 64 year marriage must be a Hollywood record. I wonder if he asked to be buried with his rifle. That would be a welcome statement. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-04-06 00:34 |
