The veteran Hollywood actor Charles Heston, who immortalized the role of Ben-Hur in the movie Ben-Hur and Moses in The Ten commandments, has passed away. Heston, who died Saturday night at 84, was a huge figure both in his politics and on screen, where his character had the ear of God (Moses in "The Ten Commandments"), his the chariot race in "Ben-Hur endured one of Hollywood’s most-gruelling action sequences earned him the best-actor Academy Award in 1959.
Heston is considered as one of the best actor which the Hollywood eyes had ever seen. Heston’s major breakthrough in career was the role of Moses in the Ten Commandments. Heston’s royal appearance served him well as Marc Antony in "Julius Caesar" and "Antony and Cleopatra," Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy," John the Baptist in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and an astronaut on a topsy-turvy world where simians rule in "Planet of the Apes."
Heston’s life tells the story of a successful wedded life what’s now lacking among most of the Hollywood celebrities. Charles Heston celebrated his golden anniversary of his married life. Charles Heston is survived by his wife Lydia a daughter and a son, Fraser Clarke who played the role of Little Moses in the Ten Commandments.
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