>>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.
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>Didn't he later lead some lobbying group? ;-)
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>I can't say too much against him -- we have an alma mater in common.

I knew I liked him, but this quote elevates him. I wonder how I missed this:

In June 1998, Heston was elected president of the National Rifle Association, for which he had posed for ads holding a rifle. He delivered a jab at then-President Clinton, saying, "America doesn't trust you with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don't trust you with our guns."