Oscar award winning actor and unapologetic gun advocate Charlton Heston has died. He was 83-years-old.

Heston died Saturday in Beverly Hills. In 2002 he had been diagnosed with symptoms similar to those of Alzheimer’s disease.

The baritone, tall rugged actor delivered his signature role as ‘Moses’ in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 Biblical saga “The Ten Commandments” raising a rod over his head as God parted the Red Sea.

Heston won an Academy Award for best actor in 1959 for “Ben-Hur”

Late in life, Heston’s stature as a political firebrand overshadowed his acting credits. He became demonized by gun control advocates and liberal Hollywood associates when he was elected president of the National Rifle Association in 1998.

Film critic David Thomson wrote (”The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.”):

“He [Heston] was the screen hero of the 1950s and 1960s, a proven stayer in epics, and a pleasing combination of piercing blue eyes and tanned beefcake,” David Thomson wrote in his book

Other Heston credits include: “The Greatest Show on Earth“, “Touch of Evil,” “Major Dundee,” “The Big Country“, ” “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” “The War Lord” “Planet of the Apes” and “El Cid.”

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