Charlton Heston dead at 84 Associated Press April 6, 2008 at 8:15 AM EDT 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. The actor died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side, family spokesman Bill Powers said.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080406.wheston04... There goes an icon for our times. Whether you liked his political activism or not, he was a great actor.