Tributes Pour In For Hollywood Legend

Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston was 84 years old

By: Michael Snowden | WKRG-TV
Published: April 06, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some are calling it the end of a Hollywood
era.
Friends and family are remembering Charlton Heston, who died
last (Saturday) night at his home in Beverly Hills, California, his wife at
his side.
Heston was 84.
Long-time publicist Michael Levine says Heston was a "heroic
figure" who has no real parallel in contemporary Hollywood.
In a statement, Heston's family says he was seen by the world as
"larger than life" and "no one could ask for a fuller life than
his." They add that no one "could have given more to his family,
to his profession, and to his country."
Heston won the best actor Oscar for his role in "Ben-Hur" and
created such other iconic roles as Moses and El Cid. But he was
also active as a leader in the Screen Actors Guild and chairman of
the American Film Institute.
And he also became politically involved, marching in the civil
rights movement and in later years, campaigning for conservatives.
In 1998, Heston was elected president of the National Rifle
Association.
In 2003, President Bush awarded him the nation's highest
civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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