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nytimes.com - 4/6/2008

Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and N.R.A. Leader, Dies at 83

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Mr. Heston appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting career, but he is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed portrayals of Moses, Ben-Hur and Michelangelo.

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