R.I.P. Charlton Heston

[alohabear]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 5, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary actor, civil rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston passed away today, at the age of 84. He died at his home with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, at his side. Mr. Heston was loved by his two children, Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell, and his three grandchildren, Jack Alexander Heston, Ridley Rochell and Charlie Roche

I loved him in the Planet Of The Apes


"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! "





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[sansei]

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hi this is sansei and i agree that charleston heston was the best actor who in moses and ben hur played great role's and sorry to hear he passed on this is very sad and i'll keep my prayer's and good thought's for his family.

Well thank's for your time

[Menehune Man]

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Yes, Charton Heston was a on screen hero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston
I will as well as many others will miss him.

[mel]

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Sad to hear of his passing. He was a Hollywood icon.

My favorite movies by Mr. Heston?

• Ben-Hur
• The Ten Commandments
• Planet of the Apes
• Soylent Green... is people!
• Earthquake - one of the granddaddies of 1970s era "disaster films". A long movie with soap opera quality but fun to see L.A. get obliterated.

He's been in a couple of made-in-Hawaii movies, neither of which were any good.

• Diamond Head - saw it once but don't remember much of it.
• The Hawaiians - I think this was a sequel to Hawaii. Among other things it covered the Chinatown fire.

He was also in The Omega Man which I saw as a kid, and which I understand they used as the basis of the current movie, I Am Legend.

Charlton Heston was in 3 "Planet of the Apes" movies... the classic 1968 original, its sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and the Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes from 2001, where he played an aged, dying old ape. Clips from the 1968 movie also appeared in the 1973 sequel, Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

In college I once spent a whole day in an auditorium with several hundred ape fans watching all 5 of the original classic ape movies. Each one was worst than the one that preceded it. Was fun though.

Heston was also a conservative & Republican and the president of the NRA.

R.I.P. Mr. Heston. Your movies will live on forever.

[Random]

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He was also in The Omega Man which I saw as a kid, and which I understand they used as the basis of the current movie, I Am Legend.

So, I Am Legend is a movie based on a book based on a movie?

Aside from The Ten Commandments, my favorite Charlton Heston film is El Cid.

[Leo Lakio]

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So, I Am Legend is a movie based on a book based on a movie?

Richard Matheson's novel, "I Am Legend," came out in 1954. Three movies have been based (sometimes more loosely than others) on it:
- The Last Man On Earth (1964), with Vincent Price
- The Omega Man (1971), with Charlton Heston
- I Am Legend (2007), with Will Smith

[leashlaws]

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i so enjoyed Planet of the Apes, I'll never forget the first time I saw it, still have images of the last scene when I was a kid.

He went to the same university I did!

[Lei Liko]

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He was at the top of my "Old Guys Who Were Really Really Hot When They Were Young" list.

[leashlaws]

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That's a good one!

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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He was at the top of my "Old Guys Who Were Really Really Hot When They Were Young" list.

My fave was Yul Brenner…whether king of Egypt or Siam, I was his loyal subject…

[tutusue]

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He was at the top of my "Old Guys Who Were Really Really Hot When They Were Young" list.

He was at the top of mine, too! And, the older I got the higher up he got on my "Old Guys Who Are Really, Really Hot...period" list!

My fave was Yul Brenner…whether king of Egypt or Siam, I was his loyal subject…

Ooooowheeee, Baby!!! Yul Brenner! You were his loyal subject, too? We've probably met!

Dare I mention Paul Newman? <swoon!>

[leashlaws]

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I have to vote for Robert Mitchum.......his proposal to his
wife was the best "Stick with me baby and you'll be farting
through silk." What a man!

[achow]

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Rest in peace Charlton Heston. Please keep his family in prayer. I loved him in the Ten Commandments.

[Random]

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He was at the top of my "Old Guys Who Were Really Really Hot When They Were Young" list.

Do you have a "Guys Who Are Really When They Are Old" list?

[tutusue]

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Do you have a "Guys Who Are Really When They Are Old" list?

Uh huh...outta necessity!

(I assume omitting the word "hot" was just a typo!)