Charlton Heston, 84; actor, Oscar winner, played grand figures
Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
GREAT MEN: In a 1995 interview covering his film career and political activism, Charlton Heston said: "The egalitarian world view now considered politically correct makes us uneasy with the idea that one individual is better than the rest of us. But having played several great men, I can tell you that they are better than we are ...."
The Oscar winner played Moses and Michelangelo, then later became a darling of conservatism.
(I wonder how long it took for them to pry the gun loose from his cold, dead hands?)