Remembering Charlton Heston, Actor and Activist

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Published April 7, 2008 at 12:11 PM EDT

Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston died Saturday at the age of 84. Heston, who starred in epic films such as Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments, later made a name for himself as a conservative activist.

This interview first aired on November 20, 1990.

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