Charlton Heston dead

[tugmoose]

but his hair lives on.

[Wilco Worshipper]

This is a joke, right?!? I don't see anything online

[zebra]

It's true.

 

Article.

[Col. Hapablap]

The NY Times has a report on the front page of it's website. Nothing from cnn yet. strange.

 

 

www.nytimes.com

[Wilco Worshipper]

Thanks for the link...

 

 

I may have completely disagreed with his conservative ways but he meant a lot to me growing up. His movies were a big part of my time spent with my grandparents...*sigh*

 

 

 

RIP Mr Heston

 

 

 

 

[bobbob1313]

I feel like a lot of people might not remember him the way they should because of his conservative views. Too bad.

[aricandover]

ah fuck. this pretty much ruins my evening.

[mountain bed]

When I think of Heston I think of this movie in particular:

 

 

Here's the trailer:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMON6SSqt4

[Wilco Worshipper]

Two of my co-workers each had a grandparent pass away today and now THIS...ggrrr

 

I pretty much equate him with my own grandparents who both passed away in '99.

 

 

 

Okay, now I'm crying...

[mkush001]

I guess Al Gore can finally take the gun from Charlton's cold, dead hands now. Kidding aside, I really liked Charlton in Wayne's World 2. Seriously, though.

[tugmoose]

Maybe his political views shaded my opinion, but I always found him kind of heavy-handed as an actor. Perhaps he was the last of the Cecil B. DeMille type actor, with an epic style for epic roles. I once heard that he was Billy Wilder's first pick for Sefton (the Bill Holden role) in Stalag 17, which might have been overbearing ("Damn dirty Nazis!!!"). Anyway, sorry if the top post came off as flippant - that goes back to my Howard Stern days.

 

 

And feel free to be flippant when I kick it.

[caliber66]

RIP, you damned dirty ape.

[yermom]

My image of him is also marred by his politics but I'm still grateful for Soylent Green.

RIP, dude.

[Beltmann]

I'm one of the few people I know who likes The Greatest Show on Earth.

 

Heston was not an actor of nuance--too often he seemed heavy-handed, wooden--but he was a star for many reasons: He had an epic physicality, a stone-chiseled face, surprising authority, and a commanding erudition. His striking presence on screen is undeniable, and he is woven into the fabric of some of Hollywood's best years.

[boywiththorninside]

 

Heston, Baldwin, Brando, Belafonte - March on Washington, August 28, 1963

[embiggen]

RIP, you damned dirty ape.

 

[Sir Stewart]

He wasn't the best thing about Touch of Evil but he was certainly in it. RIP

 

 

Phil Hartman also did a hell of a Heston.

[Good Old Neon]

I'm one of the few people I know who likes The Greatest Show on Earth.

 

Heston was not an actor of nuance--too often he seemed heavy-handed, wooden--but he was a star for many reasons: He had an epic physicality, a stone-chiseled face, surprising authority, and a commanding erudition. His striking presence on screen is undeniable, and he is woven into the fabric of some of Hollywood's best years.

 

So what you're honoring here, I think, is Mr. Heston's life-likeness?

[owl]

[bjorn_skurj]

Sol: There was a world, once, you punk.

Det. Thorn: Yes, so you keep telling me.

Sol: I was there. I can prove it.

Det. Thorn: I know, I know. When you were young, people were better.

Sol: Aw, nuts. People were always rotten. But the world 'was' beautiful.

[JUDE]

RIP Mr. Heston

[mybenito]

I believe his body is being turned into a solyent green chip tomorrow.