That being said, he was perhaps one of the first modern day SCIFI heroes in celluloid.Great actor R.I.P.

Oh yeah he would have made an interesting Nick Fury if he was in his 40's and how can you say fuck Sam Jackson for playing the part?(In Both upcoming Inronman and Hulk films respectivley.)Sam was a big fan of the Avengers comics so i'm sue he'll do Fury justice.

I may not agree with Heston's politics about gun control or other areas. That is how politics go. That is a no brainer. He did do the one thing for me that hardly any other actor or actress does anymore. He entertained me. For that I am thankful. That is a rare quality that I just don't see from people in Hollywood. I wish his family and friends well during this time. Take care Mr. Heston. You will be missed.

You are such a brainwashed leftist, you find the need to kick the guy after he's suffered from Alzheimer's and died. Whitewash it with all the icon talk you want, but there was no need to mention Moore's propaganda. It had nothing to do with Heston, everything to do with that paranoid no-talent.

This is the equivalent of starting a Harry Knowles obit with"When that locomotive of movie posters steamrolled Harry, many gasped, but just as many laughed". In other words, it was eventful but not defining and would be totally unfair to what else you've done to make it an opening point of focus. Contemptible.

I'm thinking "Finally, the old fart is gone..!"

After you watch Michael Moore's film when he goes up and interviews him, the old fart is happy, he respond to questions and then Morre asks him the question about why show your face while people just went thru an horrible tragedy saying guns are good and the old fart explodes and kicks him out.

I'm just saying that the world is a better place with one less maniac out there saying "Guns don't kill people, people kill people!", sorry but if the nutheads didn't have easy access to the guns maybe half the people who died because of them would still be here today, children, wife, husbands, fathers, mothers.

Too bad Heston didn't become a victim of one of these crazy nutheads, would've been funny to see the news "Heston gets shot at anti-gun control rally!"..

Won't be missed by the thousands out there who lost their children to some maniac with a gun.

Try to get a tear from families who saw his old dirty millionaire NRA rich face in their town after school shootings... The old man was not human, he was a lump of turd...

oh and ps. He was an horrible actor... Had the range of a banana peel. Paris Hilton did better in the house of wax...

Moore had every right to do what he did, it was nothing compared to what Heston did. You lose a child by some redneck's son with a gun, then you get this old man telling you guns are just fine? Yeah right, Moore was the biggest of the a$$holes?? No way! He had every right to try to speek to him, the same way Heston had the balls to show his ugly face at Columbine!

Gun Control will not solve everything, but it will make sure that the violence will go down. If you decrease the death by shooting by 20% then it's worth it.

And as far as his acting skills went, blah. I saw 2 characters he played, and they showed up in 100 movies, good thing for him there were less actors around in those days, 'cause he would've had 4 films to his credit...

Sorry if you are going to be pissed at me for saying this, but sadly they're more people dead today because he used his weight and popularity to stop control on firearms.

My Dad nearly wet himself, laughing.

What's the NRA gonna do now? Who will they turn to? Well, there is always Dick Cheney... but the lawyers just don't feel safe around him...

especially in Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes...

Heston would've been the first to scream out loud that Guns don't kill people, yet if you take guns away and make it sure that the gun industry would now be accountable for any unmarked guns and the black market distribution (that we all know is part of the plan to sell more guns) then we would see some change, like a drop in the numbers.

Would it go away? No, but it would help! And Heston was one the the first in line when they wanted to pass this kind of law and yelled out "Right to bear arms!"

He's dead.. good... One less idiot on earth, and the fact that people say "oh he's in heaven!" well that would be something! A guy who didn't care about human life for the sake of a mighty dollar sign from the NRA! I would be suprised! Hope he rots in hell!.

Whether I'm an ass or not is ok, why? 'cause at least I don't admire some shithead who showed his face in many cities preaching the right to have a gun in the house. When they were still mourning dead kids. Hope you don't have kids TomBodet, and if you do hope for dear life that one of these little idiots don't come around a corner to face your kids, because even if you are (as you so rednecky way did say) an asshat, I still don't believe your kids should pay for some old degenarate who preached for people to have guns in their house so they could one day lose it and go shooting everyone.

As far as the Luke Perry's of this world, I must agree he only had one character ability and was a shitty one at that, but doesn't take away that Heston made his reputation when being an actor had nothing to do with acting... He proved it over and over. Only needed contacts those days. Ability to play two characters doesn't make him a good actor. Hell, today he would be known as a male counter part to Paris Hilton... SO there you go, from an asshat to another...

You will be missed by millions, Mr. Heston!

I can't seem to remember, but that was the first Heston film (other than The Ten Commandments) that I can remember. It was actually pretty funny.

Shortly after that, my mom purchased a gun. She also purchased locks all over our house (windows and doors). She taught us that a gun WILL kill, so we should NEVER touch it. She said she would only use it to protect us from wicked men. Thankfully, although our house was burglarized several times, my mom never had to use it. She simply let people know(including two instances in which people tried to break in at night) that she had a gun and knew how to use it.

I'm going to send a rose to Charlton Heston. He stood up for African Americans in Hollywood at a time when most were depicted as criminals. He stood up against rap music that glorified cop killing. And he stood up for his conscience when most of Hollywood had sold out to the far left. He will be missed.

Good stuff.

Rest In Peace, Charlton Heston. Your movies were magnificent and you legend lives on.

Do you simply such the leftist cum from the cocks of every liberal activist penis? Can't you people think for yourselves? The NRA isn't against regulation; they are opposed to liberals pissing on the 2nd Amendment guarentee of gun ownership.

You boys and girls, men and women, need to realize that we are all different, that we all have opposing points of view and not every little petty disagreement is as big as you make it. Ooohh--he was a conservative and president of the NRA! Gadzooks, what a kook! I would suggest to you, kook or no, that Heston was still far, far less of a kook than 90% of Hollywood and was in fact one of the better types of human beings on this planet. A poetic soul who is obviously fond of humanity's ideals and curageous enough to be honest about his beliefs isn't very common, folks, and when you combine those beliefs, those ideals, with his charisma and obvious strength of passion and intelligence, you have a very rare man indeed. Did he have his faults? Of course he did--he's a man, after all. But faults or no, and I happen to find no fault with his NRA positions, but I'm sure he had other private faults, he was a good and decent man.

A real star has passed, people. A very good, positive star, too, and that is something rare in this world. Show some respect.

Why, that Catherine Hepburn lady was a homewrecker, wasn't she? She trounced around with a married man for years, didn't she? She must be absolutely dispicable! FDR? New Deal, my ass. How many ways can you spell socialism? Horrible, horrible leader. Oh, and Freddy Mercury? Why, he was one of them queers! How on earth can I, a Christian man, listen to Freddy Mercury??

Thats how some of you people are sounding today: narrow minded and small. I honestly feel sorry for you, though. In your ignorance and the hatred born from such irrationality you will never appreciate the greatness of those around you because you can never truly appreciate variety.

Overrated? More like UNDERRATED, if you ask me.

However, I will state for the record, as a huge liberal gun owning meat-eating, member of the NRA, Heston was a bad-ass and the epitome of a good man. The guy marched with Martin Luther King, and kept the government away from regulating firearms to the point of tyranny. Excellent man, great life, and I'll say that his best pic for me was Ben Hur. He was a master of the acting craft, and the reason I didn't go into the field. I mean, when that's what you're competing against and living up to, you've either got the mad skills or you don't...and Mr. Heston is a legend. Where's our Moses now?

So let me get this straight. You live in Liberal Heaven -- literally fucking Massachusetts and good ol' Beantown, home turf to the Kennedys as well as home to an overwhelming host of politically Liberal ideas and agendas that the public there always says it WANTS -- which in turn means the populace there (in general) is DEFINITELY Liberal. Hell, they'd have to be Leftists to keep electing a drunken Teddy boy back into office again and again. So, with all that said, shouldn't that mean that you guys would have the LOWEST gun crime? After all, with so many anti-gun Liberals running around it would be easy for the towns and villages...even the city itself, through it's council...to pass some of the toughest gun laws on the record.

So basically you live in Liberal Central...since you have the highest level of shootings, that means you have Liberals shooting Liberals...yet in your warped brain, it's all Right wing Charleton Heston's fault.

Good clear thinking there, man! (And yes, insert mocking eye roll here...)

Heston was a legend, an actual screen PRESENCE, the likes of which we'll rarely ever see again just because of the shitty stars we get these days, as well as the shitty films served up. And his body of work speaks for itself as well as his personal achievements and stances in life. RIP, Mr. Heston. What you gave to the world will continue to stand the test of time for having been some of the greatest shows ever on Earth.

And The Omega Man scared the livin' piss outta me when I saw it as a kid. Anthony Zerbe is one creepy dude...

Great job, and I hope you read this update 100 times and that it sinks in: you dont need all that other junk to be popular, or witty, or entertaining.