Forty Years and Day: The Other Moses Dies
Forty years and a day after the death of the man he called the Moses of his people, Charleton Heston died in his Los Angeles home. In spite of political differences, Heston was an early supporter of Martin Luther King. You don't have to agree on social and economic policy to share a commitment to truth and a moral position.
Charleton Heston was a big man on the screen and in our home. Our boys grew up watching him as Moses, Ben Hur, El Cid and a host of other roles. I think most of our sons can recite large portions of the script of "The Ten Commandments."
Apparently he didn't take much to the Hollywood social scene, but was serious about acting and worked at his craft throughout his life. The New York Times obituary quotes him: “You never get it right,” he said in a 1986 interview. “Never once was it the way I imagined it lying awake at 4 o’clock in the morning thinking about it the next day.” His goal remained, he said, “To get it right one time.” He remained married to one wife and had two children.
He seemed to me to be a fine actor and good man who was serious about his work and about causes that meant something to him. He lived as some of us might hope to live. God rest his soul.
Charleton Heston was a big man on the screen and in our home. Our boys grew up watching him as Moses, Ben Hur, El Cid and a host of other roles. I think most of our sons can recite large portions of the script of "The Ten Commandments."
Apparently he didn't take much to the Hollywood social scene, but was serious about acting and worked at his craft throughout his life. The New York Times obituary quotes him: “You never get it right,” he said in a 1986 interview. “Never once was it the way I imagined it lying awake at 4 o’clock in the morning thinking about it the next day.” His goal remained, he said, “To get it right one time.” He remained married to one wife and had two children.
He seemed to me to be a fine actor and good man who was serious about his work and about causes that meant something to him. He lived as some of us might hope to live. God rest his soul.
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