>LOS ANGELES — 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.
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>According to a statement from the actor's family, Heston died at his home in Beverly Hills on Saturday. His wife Lydia was at his side.

Didn't he later lead some lobbying group? ;-)

I can't say too much against him -- we have an alma mater in common.