'Beverly Hills Cop' star John Ashton dead at 76

John Asthon, champion known to galore audiences for his enactment successful the"Beverly Hills Cop" films, has died astatine property 76.

His manager, Alan Somers, confirmed Ashton’s decease to Fox News Digital.

"John was a loving husband, brother, father, and gramps who volition beryllium profoundly missed by each who knew him," a connection from Somers read.

"John leaves down a bequest of love, dedication, and service. His representation volition everlastingly beryllium treasured by his wife, children, grandchildren, arsenic good arsenic his brother, sisters, his extended household and each who loved him. John’s interaction connected the satellite volition beryllium remembered and celebrated for generations to come."

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John Ashton portrayed Detective Sergeant John Taggart successful the "Beverly Hills Cop" movie franchise. (Getty Images)

Ashton starred with Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold successful the archetypal 2 "Beverly Hills Cop" films arsenic Detective Sergeant John Taggart. 

He returned for the 4th film, 2024’s "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," with a promotion to constabulary main for his character. The film, released successful July connected Netflix, was his last completed project.

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Ashton reprised his relation for the 2024 "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," wherever his quality was a constabulary chief. (Getty Images)

Born Feb 22, 1948, successful Springfield, Massachusetts, and raised successful Connecticut, Ashton attended Defiance College successful Ohio earlier transferring to the University of Southern California, wherever helium graduated with a bachelor's successful theatre arts.

Ashton had a prolific career, opening with his archetypal credited movie relation successful the 1973 fearfulness movie "The Psychopath." He went connected to look successful galore much films, often arsenic a constabulary serviceman oregon authorization fig successful films similar "Borderline," "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" and "Gone Baby Gone." 

His different works see John Hughes films similar "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "She's Having a Baby" and "Curly Sue," arsenic good arsenic roles successful "Midnight Run," with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.

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Ashton had astir 100 movie and TV credits to his name. (Getty Images)

On television, Ashton made appearances connected dozens of shows including "Columbo," "Wonder Woman," "MASH," "Starsky & Hutch," "Dallas," and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

In summation to acting, Ashton was an avid golfer, and would often enactment successful personage play tournaments for a assortment of charities.

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"John was an avid scholar and had galore passions including acting, golf, and watching his favourite teams-the NY Yankees and NY Giants. However, it was his enactment arsenic an actor/entertainer successful theater, movie and tv wherever his accomplishment and dedication were astir intelligibly demonstrated. John devoted his vocation to honing his trade and bringing characters to beingness connected the screen. His beingness volition beryllium greatly missed," the actor's obituary states.

Ashton died astatine his Ft. Collins, Colorado home, and is survived by his woman of 24 years, Robin Hoye, arsenic good arsenic his children Michelle Ashton and Michael Thomas Ashton, his stepchildren Courtney Donovan, Lindsay Curcio and Ashley Hoye, and his grandson Henry. He besides leaves down his sisters and brother.