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Charlton Heston: 1923-2008

Late in the evening of April 5, the world lost one of its biggest actors and most well-known cultural icons when Charlton Heston died at his home in Beverly Hills at the age of 84. His family has declined to publicize the cause of death, but Heston was diagnosed with neurological symptoms consistent with Alzheimer’s disease and had undergone treatment for prostate cancer in 1999. Heston was known for his strong, squared-jawed portrayals of tough men in such iconic films as Soylent Green (1973), Planet of the Apes (1968) and Ben Hur (1959), the latter of which earned him an...  read more