NEWSFLASH: Charlton Heston Announces He Has Alzheimer's

FOX News | 8/9/02 | Maryellen Davies

[Wondervixen]

Charleston Heston has announced he has contracted a debilitating neurological disorder in the family of Altzheimers Disease. Heston asked the media to be understanding in the coming weeks if he repeats things he has just said and that he is entering a battle that will ultimately end in a draw.

[Wondervixen]

Courageous...Heartbreaking, but courageous!

[Between the Lines]

God bless Charleton Heston.

[revturner]

He and his family will definately have a place in my prayers. That man is one of the few who have gone out of his way to protect our Constitutional freedoms.

[tomahawk]

Reagan and Heston are my two favorite political figures. I am sad.

[Joe Brower]

Oh no.

[BlessingInDisguise]

Very sad news....God bless you Mr. Heston and thank you for standing up for our Constitution for so many years.

[Squantos]

FYI Bump....

[Jonathon Spectre]

Man... Reagan and now Heston.

Perhaps courageousness leads to Alzheimers?

Good luck in your fight, Mr. Heston.

[DoughtyOne]

I guess the sorrow I feel at seeing the greats fade away is the realization of what will fill the void they leave behind. Yes, sadly, "what" is the operative word here.

[cactusSharp]

Mr Heston....among your attributes personal
and public,this man is most grateful for your
stand and actions at the rap song shareholders
meeting. Making greed look sin right in the eye
was God's gift for and through you. We all saw it,
your courage and God's good from it. Peter denied
Christ,three times ,as the rooster crowed,you did not.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

How long before Leno,Letterman and especially,the Dems, must be licking their chops at this news. Can't you just see Begala saying-"Those of us on the right side of the gun issue,knew he was mentally ill, a long time ago".They are such predictable vultures.

[Isle of sanity in CA]

Pretty soon his illness will be ridiculed in the media, both 'press' and entertainment. This will cause me much anger... Every time I see Reagan's illness ridiculed, I feel like opening a can of whoopass on someone.

Of course being the cowards that they are, they'll wait until he's sufficiently incapacitated as to not be able to defend himself. GRRRR

[archy]

Heston asked the media to be understanding in the coming weeks if he repeats things he has just said...

Yeah, he's been doing that for some time now....

AK-47's are inappropriate for private ownership, of course.

The possession- private possession of AK-47's is entirely inappropriate.

--Charleston Heston, KABC-AM 790, Los Angeles, Larry Elder talkshow, April 2, 2002 show, 5pm hour.

[cactusSharp]

1st thing my baby said on the phone...."what will Leno say ?" ....notice how Leno is pluperfect and everyone
else is slightly skewed or plum twisted ?

[ofMagog]

Very sad.

[Isle of sanity in CA]

When (not if) they do we need to hit them HARD!

[cactusSharp]

cocked and locked Isle....

[The Toad]

It will be a sad day when Mr. Heston, a modern patriot, falls.

Best of luck to you Mr. Heston.

[Atlas Sneezed]

To be accurate (as this non-medical person recalls it), "Alzheimers" is for when unusually young (age 50-60) people experience the symptoms of senile dementia.

When octagenarians experience it, it is just senile dementia. But our society has euphemized the term to apply to all who have those symptoms.

[Constitution Day]

Hmmmm. Thanks.