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Apr
06
2008
Fair Winds And Following Seas, Sir…
Posted by: in American Heroes, Sad News, Saying Goodbye12:19 AM
With sadness and joy both, we say goodbye to another of the great ones of both Hollywood and true conservative principles.
Charlton Heston Passes Away Saturday
Keep Ron company, we’ll all be along shortly.
Our condolences to Charlton’s family and loved ones. We’ll miss him down here.
G_d Speed……
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G-d Speed Mr. Heston. You were larger than life and your heart was even bigger. Be sure to get Mr. DeMille to introduce you to the real Moses. :em04:
April 6th, 2008 at 12:23 AMUsing
Mr. Heston will long be remembered as a champion of conservative principles in general, and Second Amendment rights in particular.
Godspeed, Charlton, and I envy you for being in a better place.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:24 AMUsing
:em04: Fare thee well, Mr. Heston. :em04:
April 6th, 2008 at 12:25 AMUsing
A great American, Artist and Man.
Wikipedia on Charlton Heston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleton_Heston
IMDB on Charlton Heston
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000032/
Richard Dreyfuss on Charlton Heston (National Review Online, 2002)
http://www.nationalr.....082002.asp
Heston’s speech on his own politics and beliefs (Harvard Law School, 1999)
http://www.americanr.....ralwar.htm
April 6th, 2008 at 12:46 AMUsing
With sadness and joy, yes, but I’m also saying goodbye to the legendary Charlton Heston with a sense of relief that his suffering is now over. Alzheimers’ has to be just about the cruelest disease out there - as I can attest to with bitter ongoing personal experience, watching my grandmother as she enters the final stages of Alzheimers - and I can only imagine what his wife and family must have gone through over the past several years. I can only hope they, too, can now find some peace…and perhaps we ought to remember Mrs. Heston in our prayers tonight.
And there’s a sense of regret I feel as well, at the passing of another true Hollywood legend. Mr. Heston was a reminder of a time when Hollywood stars were posessed of class, dignity, true glamour, love of country and actual talent. Sadly, most of today’s crop of “actors” by comparison aren’t fit to shine the boots of a Charlton Heston…and while all America is the poorer for Charlton Heston’s passing, Hollywood especially should be feeling the lack tonight.
Godspeed and goodbye, Chuck. Thank you for the memories you gave us and the example you set for us.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:52 AMUsing
He was a truly great man, even though he unfairly disparaged the fine food products of Soylent Inc.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:53 AMUsing
R.I.P. He was a fine American…despite the Soylent Green thing!
April 6th, 2008 at 1:33 AMUsing
RIP did not always agree with his viewpints, but he was talented, and I would not wish alzheimers on anyone.. except the phelps family.
April 6th, 2008 at 4:29 AMUsing
Even though he supported the GCA of 1968, there’s no denying the impact Heston had on gun ownership in America and the role he played in bringing gun ownership and the NRA into the mainstream. RIP
April 6th, 2008 at 5:51 AMUsing
G-d’s final gift was to end his suffering. Here’s wishing peace and closure to his family and (many) friends and (MANY) admirers.
His departure has left big shoes to fill. They’ve been empty since he retired from public life — I fear they’ll remain empty for some time to come.
April 6th, 2008 at 6:46 AMUsing
[...] to true icon Charlton Heston. Alzheimer’s is a hell of a disease, and he’s fortunate G-d finally ended [...]
April 6th, 2008 at 7:59 AMUsing
I will miss him greatly; he’s always been one of my favorite actors.
Today, I cry because I mourn his passing. Truly a great; there now aren’t any left in Hollyweird.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:00 AMUsing
Almighty Lord, hear our plea. Receive into your hands the soul of our brother. Grant him Peace and the boon of your Fellowship. Protect and Succor him, and we look forward to the time we are all reunited at the End of Days.
Amen
April 6th, 2008 at 8:31 AMUsing
Farwell, and thanks for all the great roles.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:40 AMUsing
April 6th, 2008 at 9:04 AM
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His best performance was the “Cold, Dead Hands” speech. Goodbye, you magnificent bastard. Your spirit will be sorely missed. We need a Ron or Charlton in the worst kind of way, and John McMilquetoast just isn’t it…
Thanks for everything, Mr. Heston. I always held “Planet of the Apes” against you, but you made up for it with your patriotism. Good luck up there. I’m sure you’ll be among friends.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:07 AMUsing
Besides his committment to the 2nd amendment, his craft, and his country, what impressed me the most about him was this line in one article I read:
(emphasis mine).
With Hollywood changing mates like most of us change our underwear, that truly is a testament to a great man.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:44 AMUsing
One of the best has gone to his reward. Godspeed.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:45 AMUsing
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April 6th, 2008 at 10:02 AMUsing
Rest In Peace, Mr. Heston. I grew up remembering your films, the inspiration I felt, the imaginations you fired. But most of all, for your love of America and your fearless jabs at those abusing her. Your strong support for the NRA…I will never forget that night, the night Clinton and Gore knew they didn’t stand a chance and had made a terrible mistake. “From my cold, dead hands, Mr. Gore…from my cold, dead hands!” And now to lay another American icon to a well deserved rest. Godspeed.
April 6th, 2008 at 10:14 AMUsing
We have lost the most outspoken pro-gun supporter ever, one who selflessly committed his life principles to that which was best for his country - pro-civil rights and the Second Amendment, much to the chagris of at least 99.5 % of Hollyweird, yet to the approval of the true Americans of the ROTT and elsewhere here!
April 6th, 2008 at 11:37 AMNot being deterred by UN-AMERICAN criticism of his bold stances, here was a man to admire, one who was elected to an unprecedented two NRA President terms, and who made one of the most stirring speeches supporting the 2nd Amendment that I’ve ever seen and heard in my 60 years, 43 of which have been in then NRA as a Life member.
Charlton Heston, we shall all miss you! You have left shoes that cannot be filled by lesser men you left behind. May you enjoy Eternity and the immortality justly earned!
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…And here are the other 2 links from that famous 1989 NRA Convention speech…with the 1st for good measure:
April 6th, 2008 at 12:16 PMPart 1
Part 2
Part 3
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I can’t say I met the man in any serious sense, but I did shake his hand at an NRA convention.
It was a fine moment and I’ll treasure it for the rest of my life.
With regard to Heston as an actor, I remember this story. A crew arrived at his house to film a 60-second public service announcement. The director handed Heston the script. He read it over once as he walked around his pool, then sat down and announced that he was ready.
Surprised, the director asked Heston if he wouldn’t like more time to memorize the script. Heston’s response was something to the effect of: “Son… I’ve done this before.”
One flawless take later, they packed up their gear and headed back.
Farewell, Mr. Heston. I fear we will not see your like again.
April 6th, 2008 at 12:44 PMUsing
There is one less star alive in the Hollywood heavens today, and we are the poorer for it. Heston’s larger then life actions be it on the screen or in his actions taken in behalf of personally held beliefs/ideals will be missed. RIP Mr. Heston (I don’t presume to have known him well enough -if at all- to be able to address him as Charlton or “Chuck”) may you soon be able to meet Moses, Michelangelo, General Gordon, Andrew Jackson, great men all, whom you have portrayed on the big screen, but your long time friend Ronald Reagan as well.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:13 PMUsing
Prospero,The Tempest
We have lost the last of the GREATS that once typified Hollywood, now it’s truly degenerated into Hollyweird.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:41 PMUsing
Charlton Heston, he will be missed. However, he’ll be seen again on The Other Side.
Heston was an American, not a total party shill all his life. He switched shortly after the Vietnam War (which he opposed on many respects, but was more revulsed at the treatment of the troops), thus his switch to the Reagan side. Heston was pro-life, bravo. He was a US Marine, and served in WWII. And oddly enough, had a wife for either 62 or 64 years.
He was an oddity for Hollywood, but a heck of a role model. A pal of mine got to hang out with him before a big convention in Houston back in 2000. Said despite his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, was still sharp as a whip. Shame on Michael Moore for tormenting Heston at his home back in 2002.
Mr. Heston, be with the Lord, and be with eternity.
To the Heston family, especially his wife, and kids, prayers are coming your way.
April 6th, 2008 at 5:48 PMUsing
Truth speaker.
Chariot driver.
If you’ve ever been in the room when he spoke,,
It’s amazing how he could he would speak in the friendly, easy, familiar tones, and those softly spoken words just thundered.
April 6th, 2008 at 7:46 PMUsing
I guess they can have your guns now.
May God welcome you, sir.
April 6th, 2008 at 10:27 PMUsing
His life was the object of mine envy, which had I attained it and become an actor… But I grew up and got over it. We met at his book signing. All I said was, “you need one of these when you go before the press.” It’s a tee shirt I was wearing which bears this sentence taken from a Latin textbook once used in British Public schools: “Caesar se vivaret ad remum daresis”
April 6th, 2008 at 11:16 PMIf Caesar were alive, you’d be chained to an oar.
After reading the piece in todays Puss Disgust, the sentiment fits perfectly as an reposte to its vile tone.
I know who I’d pay to see, and did often. When I got home after seeing El Cid, (the first time); my dad asked, “was he a good Knight?” I was only 11 and felt like I would have taken that arrow for him.
“Yes.” I said. And it still goes.
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It’s a bittersweet moment, for though I’m happy that the ravages of Alzheimer’s is over for him, I’m sad we’ve lost one of the most principled men in Hollywood. he’s already sorely missed.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:11 AMUsing
Heston was always one of my favorites, up there with John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart.
If he was in a movie, I’d watch it. Didn’t matter if it was a great like “The Ten Commandments”, “El Cid”, 55 Days at Peking”, “Major Dundee”, or one of his filler pieces like “Planet of the Apes”, “The Omega Man”, “Soylent Green”. I didn’t care, I’ll watch ‘em.
Some one said he was a Marine, he wasn’t (but did play one in the movies), he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1944, . He served for two years as a B-25 radio operator/gunner stationed in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands with the Eleventh Air Force, rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
His tenure with the NRA was a major turning point for me with firearms. I always knew I loved to shoot, something about the mechanics, but he taught me why it was important to learn to shoot and gave me the words to explain why it was my God given right to do so.
He, and his family, will be in my prayers.
A good man and great American.
April 7th, 2008 at 1:08 AMUsing
We won’t see another one like him. A real loss. When I read the news a phrase came to my mind: May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you’re dead. Goes for him.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:01 AMUsing
April 7th, 2008 at 2:24 PM
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Rest in Peace Mr.Heston. There are none that can replace you, or even come close.
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