Charlton Heston — the star of “Ben-Hur,” “Planet of the Apes” and 100 other movies — will be honored with a stamp issued by the US Postal Service.
Heston died in 2008. Hollywood PR guru Michael Levine started lobbying for the honor three years ago after telling a young assistant that he had repped Heston for 20 years.
The assistant said, “Who is Charlton Heston?”
“It pissed me off,” Levine told me. Soon, a petition drive was launched on Newsmax.com, the conservative site where Heston, longtime head of the National Rifle Association, was revered.
The new stamp, based on a photo taken by Heston’s widow, Lydia, will be unveiled April 11 at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Heston’s son, Frazier, will speak.
Guaranteed not to attend: Michael Moore, who cravenly ambushed Heston, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, and featured the humiliating interview in his 2002 film, “Bowling for Columbine.”