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“Behold 바라보다, 주시하다 his mighty hand.” Charlton Heston built his reputation playing larger than life roles. He was Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments 십계. “Stand still 가만히 있다, and see the salvation 구원, 구세 of the Lord.” A string of historical roles followed. In 1959, Heston won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Ben-Hur.

 

He was the Spanish hero El Cid and the artist Michelangelo in the Agony and the Ecstasy. He played cowboys and astronauts, here having landed on the Planet of the Apes. “I’ve been lucky in my life. Chances I’ve had as an actor and a director and you sort of feel you have a responsibility to pay it back.”

 

Heston also starred 주연하다 in disaster 재난 films including Airport and Earthquake. “I’m gonna try and get ‘em out.” off screen, this kid from the north woods of Michigan, marched alongside ~와 함께, 옆에 Martin Luther King Jr. to promote civil rights and served as president of the Screen Actors Guild 영화배우협회.

 

In 1978, he was given an honorary Oscar for his humanitarian 인도주의적인 work. Heston continued to act, but in his later years, it was his role as president of the National Rifle Association 전미 총기협회 that overshadowed 무색하게 하다 all else. But in 2002, he faced his fans with devastating 충격적인 news. “I’m neither giving up nor giving in.” Alzheimer’s disease would rob 빼앗다, 잃게 하다 Heston of his ability to communicate. He had to resign 사임하다 from the NRA.

 

Still, occasionally he would venture on stage, here to receive the presidential Medal of Honor. I can part the Red Sea, he said, in one of his last appearances, but I can’t part with you, the audience. “Go. Proclaim 선언하다 liberty throughout all the lands onto all the inhabitants there are.” Charlton Heston was 84.

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