- Title: USA: CHARLTON HESTON ANNOUNCES HE HAS SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
- Date: 10th August 2002
- Summary: (W7) NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE-JULY 24, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MCU: CHARLTON HESTON WITH WIFE AT FILM PREMIERE 0.02 (W7) VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS (NO ARCHIVE USE) 2. CHARLTON HESTON IN SCENE FROM "BEN HUR" (W7) VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS (NO ARCHIVE USE) 3. CHARLTON HESTON IN FILM CLIP FROM "PLANET OF THE APES" 0.29 (W7) LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA ,UNITED STATES (AUGUST 9, 2002) (NBC - NO ACCESS USA/CNN OR INTERNET) 4. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) English) CHARLTON HESTON SAYING "My physicians have recently told me I may have a neurological disorder whose symptoms are consistent with Alzeimers' disease. So I wanted to prepare a few words for you now, because when the time comes I may not be able to. I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I have found purpose and meaning in your response. For an actor there is no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life. For now I am not changing anything. I'll insist on work when I can, and the doctors will insist on rest when I must. I'm neither giving up or giving in. I believe I'm the same fighter that Dr. King and JFK and Ronald Reagan knew, but it's a fight that I must someday call a draw. I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure so please feel no sympathy for me I don't, I just might be a little less accessible to you, despite my wishes." 1.37 VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS (NO ARCHIVE USE) 5. CHARLTON HESTON WITH ORSON WELLES IN CLIP FROM "TOUCH OF EVIL" 1.52 (W7) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE-MARCH 25, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 6. GV/ZOOM/IN/MV: CHARLTON HESTON AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS 2.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES
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- Country: USA
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