Two Rivers Native, Lydia Clarke Heston, Dies

Two Rivers native, Lydia Clarke Heston, the actress and wife of Charlton Heston, has died.  Her son, Fraser, said, ”At 95 she knew a lot of famous people from John F. Kennedy to Nancy and Ronald Reagan.”  He continued, “My mother was very active in the civil rights movement and even marched with Dr. Martin Luther King.”  In a statement released by the family, Heston, who was married to the late Oscar winning actor for 64 years, died from complications due to Pneumonia on Monday.  Her husband Charlton passed away in April, 2008 at the age of 84. Throughout her career as an actress, Lydia, performed on Broadway in “Detective Story”, as well as starring in the 1952 film “The Atomic City.”