Rest in peace to a great actor and a man who was, by all accounts that count, a deeply admirable human being.

A few months ago on his “Theme Time Radio Hour” show, Bob Dylan paused to pay tribute to Heston, as noted then in this space:

Bob talks about Charlton Heston receiving the Ten Commandments as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s film, plays a clip, and then goes on: “Charlton gets a bad rap for his strong conservative beliefs and involvement with the NRA, but truth to tell, he was a strong advocate for civil rights, many years before it became fashionable. He was also the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award. Never mind the fact that he’s in a couple of our favorite movies, including ‘Touch of Evil,’ ‘The Big Country,’ ‘Planet of the Apes’ and of-course ‘Soylent Green.’”

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