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Charlton Heston dies

Charlton Heston passes away.

Charlton Heston is seen during a press conference in Munich on March 1, 2002.

Actor Charlton Heston is seen in 1950. Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur."

Charlton Heston poses with his Oscar statuette at the 32nd Annual Academy Awards held at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, Ca. on April 4, 1960. Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur."

Actor Charlton Heston poses in character, in the title role of the motion picture "Ben-Hur, " on April 29, 1958, at Cinecitta studios in Rome, Italy. Heston won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur."

Charlton Heston, in the title role, drives his chariot toward the finish line in a scene from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1960 film "Ben-Hur." The spectacular movie is based upon Gen. Lew Wallace's classic novel. Heston won the 1959 best actor Oscar for "Ben-Hur."

Charlton Heston, who plays an astronaut who lands on an ape-ruled planet, and Linda Harrison, as a human inhabitant, appear in a scene from the 1968 film 'The Planet of the Apes.'

Charlton Heston and Anne Baxter star in the epic, Cecil B. DeMille theatrical film, The Ten Commandments. Heston played Moses.

Actor Charlton Heston displays one of his rifles at his home in Los Angeles, Calif. in September 1984.

National Rifle Association president Charlton Heston addresses gun owners during a "get-out-the-vote" rally on Oct. 21, 2002.

Charlton Heston looks up during a musical interlude being performed September 19, 1997 at a Cobb County Prayer Breakfast sponsored by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners and held at Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta. About 1,000 people were on hand to hear the famous actor speak.

In support of Congressman Bob Barr, right, reknown actor and NRA President Charlton Heston, left, speaks to a crowd of Republican supporters at a barbecue and rally held at Phoenix Air Avionics Hanger in Cartersville, GA on Nov. 3, 2000.

Newt Gingrich (right) laughs as Charlton Heston (center) remarks that Rob Lowe had come to Atlanta with the democrats and that he (Heston) was there for the republicans. Jack Kemp (left) listens on. It was all part of a press conference at the Atlanta Hilton for a Gingrich fund-raiser.

Kennedy Center Honoree Charlton Heston, center, acknowledges the applause of the audience flanked by singer/songwriter Bob Dylan at right, and soprano Jessye Norman at a gala reception in the East Room of the White House hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton Sunday evening, Dec. 7, 1997.

Movie legend Charlton Heston waves to the crowd in the Hall of States in the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington Sunday, Dec. 7, 1997. Heston was one of the Kennedy Center Honorees.

Charlton Heston at a press conference at the International Christian Booksellers Convention at the World Congress Center.

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Charlton Heston is seen during a press conference in Munich on March 1, 2002.

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