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br> Blue Springs, Missouri /p>

God blessed us with Charlton Heston -- his heroic larger-than-life strength as well as his dignity, faith and morality. Of course, those attributes have led to his detractors in the MSM and blogosphere to weigh in about -- against -- him.

For example, at the blog The Daily Kos, one poster asked, "How many people in this country are dead because of the organization [the National Rifle Association] Mr. Heston championed all these years?"

Another wrote: "I lmao [laughed my a** off]'d when [Rev. Jerry] Falwell left us. The world was a better place. I'm not gonna pretend Heston was what I'd consider to be a net gain for humanity, just because he died."

p>I'd imagine that were he still alive, the ex-liberal and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom would laugh and remind us all to dismiss these and similar ones. br> So would Moses, I'd suppose. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

Charlton Heston's roles and his performance over his entire career were selected with care. It is difficult to recall a movie he starred in that you didn't come away saying he was perfect in the role. How could an actor be perfect in the role in so many varied roles? Because of his consummate skill in selecting his material. Whether he was Moses or Will Penny he was never Charlton Heston first.

Heston wrote at least two autobiographical books, so long ago they are probably not in print. In one, An Actor's Life he described in great detail the time he spent in reading scripts, start to finish, before he took a part - rejecting many as unsuitable. He gave a humorous account of his struggling college days, earning money posing for art students. He related how his wife fashioned a skimpy leather bikini for his otherwise nude body. This gentleman took his goal in life seriously and shared with us the monumental wealth of his talent.

p>He wrote several articles for National Review

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