One of The Last Truly Legendary Stars Leaves Us

With conservative icon Charlton Heston's sad passing this weekend, Hollywood continues taking on that image of a substance abusing fly by night liberal loon scrap heap of actors and actresses that couldn't hold Heston's jock strap for a split second.

A town that he and his mostly gone legendary contemporaries built like the rest of the country that has been thoroughly hijacked and turned into a liberal hell hole as far as I'm concerned, simply churning out nothing but sex and violence laden films with creativity that many 12 year olds could surpass if given the tools and dollars to achieve.

His lengthy collection of memorable performances in a treasure trove of epic films will never be matched again in this life on this planet, of that we can be sure.

And he will certainly be missed like almost none other, but will gratefully live on eternally via dozens and dozens of his great movies, particularly for me in his most crowning achievement was his moving portrayal of Moses in the Ten Commandments, the movie that I like most other Christians watch at the least every easter season and ironically just a few weeks ago.

Film Legend Charlton Heston Dead at 84:

"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.

"If Hollywood had a Mt. Rushmore, Heston's face would be on it," Levine said. "He was a heroic figure that I don't think exists to the same degree in Hollywood today."

The actor assumed the role of leader offscreen as well. He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild and chairman of the American Film Institute and marched in the civil rights movement of the 1950s. With age, he grew more conservative and campaigned for conservative candidates. continued

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