Ben Hur star Charlton Heston dies

[Sweetpea]

Charlton Heston, who won a best actor Oscar for his starring role in the epic Ben Hur has died aged 84, a spokesman for the star's family has said.
Heston died on Saturday at his home in Beverly Hills. His wife Lydia, whom he married in 1944, was at his side.
Heston also portrayed Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the 1950s and 1960s.
He stepped down as president of US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA), in 2003, citing ill-health. The previous year, he had revealed he had symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease.

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Awwwww! Thought he was indestructible!!

[poppy]

I shall keep my opinions of him and his comments about guns after Columbine, and others to myself. I was brought up not to speak ill of the dead

[Sweetpea]

Yeah, I understand, I share your opinion there, even though you haven't given it.

[poppy]

I think there are a lot of us about