“Charlton Heston is my President.” That is what the old bumper sticker says. Faded, and worn though it is, I will leave it on my truck. It was a great slap in the face of then POTUS Bill Clinton, and remains a statement that is valid, sadly, even today.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.
The actor died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side, family spokesman Bill Powers said.
Powers declined to comment on the cause of death or provide further details.
“Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life. He was known for his chiseled jaw, broad shoulders and resonating voice, and, of course, for the roles he played,” Heston’s family said in a statement. “No one could ask for a fuller life than his. No man could have given more to his family, to his profession, and to his country.”
Heston revealed in 2002 that he had symptoms consistent with Alzheimer’s disease, saying, “I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure.”
With his large, muscular build, well-boned face and sonorous voice, Heston proved the ideal star during the period when Hollywood was filling movie screens with panoramas depicting the religious and historical past. “I have a face that belongs in another century,” he often remarked.
Publicist Michael Levine, who represented Heston for about 20 years, said the actor’s passing represented the end of an iconic era for cinema.
~snip~ Source: http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=308288>1=7701
Conservative Libertarian Outpost 
April 9, 2008 at 09:49
Some quotations:
“I say that the Second Amendment is, in order of importance, the first amendment. It is America’s First Freedom, the one right that protects all the others.” —Charlton Heston
“If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you a sexist. If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion. If you accept but don’t celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.” —Charlton Heston
“As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I’ve realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it’s much, much bigger than that. I’ve come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated.” —Charlton Heston
“I’d rather play a senator than be one.” —Charlton Heston
On Charlton Heston: “As President of the National Rifle Association, he became one of the most polarizing figures in American politics.” —ABC’s Dan Harris “Once the quintessential big screen hero, in his later years he drew as much attention for his controversial politics.” —CBS’s Russ Mitchell “He became a villain to many in his later life, when he took up the strident support of conservative causes, most notably that of the National Rifle Association.” —Time magazine’s Richard Corliss
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