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  • April 2008
    • Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

      Hollywood's 'Man-Deity' Honored

      Charlton Heston was “the man-deity of movies,” writes Richard Corliss in a Time appreciation, declaring of the actor who stepped into the shoes of no less than the Almighty, "God is dead." Indeed, from Moses to Ben-Hur. “He was the epic hero,” Corliss notes. “Heston didn't just play great roles, he imposingly, thrillingly embodied them.” More »

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      film   Hollywood   actor   NRA   Moses   Charlton Heston   Ben Hur   tribute

    • Charlton Heston Dead at 84

      Charlton Heston Dead at 84

      Charlton Heston, the longtime Hollywood leading man who portrayed everyone from Moses to Michelangelo and won an Oscar for his chariot-driving performance in Ben Hur , has died at age 84, the AP reports. Heston, who announced in 2002 that he had Alzheimer's, became the unapologetic head of the NRA in 1998, a position that nearly overshadowed his acting career. More »

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      obituary   Hollywood   actor   NRA   Moses   Ten Commandments   Charlton Heston   Ben Hur

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