"He had this hero status and his decision to go home was dreadful for everyone."

This campaign has turned into a fight against the Mayor's hero status.

Bolstered, no doubt, by what he imagined to be hero status.

The senator gained hero status when, though sick and injured, he refused an offer of early release.

By delivering on his campaign promises, Long achieved hero status among the state's rural poor population.

Their careers in the shuttle program were certainly dead now, and only hero status would ever let them fly again.

His main claim to hero status is that he served in Vietnam.

Even in civilian life you might have used your hero status to become a senator or gain other power.

Small wonder that despite his legal difficulties he has achieved folk hero status.

Brody tries to embrace his hero status in the media.