Legendary actor Charlton Heston died yesterday, he died in his Beverly Hills home with his wife Lydia by his side. He has been battling alzheimer’s for a long time. He is famous for his most well known roles such as Moses in the “Ten Commandments”, he played “Ben-Hur” and most of all played the lead in the original “Planet of the Apes”.

Charlton Heston continued acting in films. In some of his newer roles of movies he can also be seen in Tim Burton’s remake of “Planet of the Apes”, Heston played General Thade’s father if I remember correctly. He also played a role in the western “Tombstone” starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. He also played Spencer Trilby in “True Lies” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.

More on it here:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCJ-e6C_uhl6oe1hmPU7Yo0fePbQ

Wow, so sad. This man was such a legend and so talented. Rest in Peace Charlton.

Kev