Charlton Heston Dead at 84

Academy Award winning actor Charlton Heston died last night at his home in Beverly Hills. Heston won the Oscar for 1959's Ben-Hur, and also starred in The Ten Commandments, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes among others.

Heston was President of the National Rifle Association from 1998 through 2003. Also in 2003, President George W. Bush awarded Heston with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed upon a civilian.

Charlton Heston was 84.