By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-29 19:51:25 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:15:53
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‘Beverly Hills Cop’ star John Ashton dead at 76 — months after ‘Axel F’ premiere on Netflix
Nypost ^ | 09/29/2024 | Hannah Sparks
Posted on 09/29/2024 12:29:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
John David Ashton, the actor who starred opposite Eddie Murphy in “Beverly Hills Cop,” has died at the age of 76, reported TMZ on Sunday.
A rep for Ashton told the outlet that he passed on Thursday in Ft. Collins, Colorado after fighting cancer.
The Springfield, Massachusettes native appeared in over 200 screen and stage productions during his 50-year career, including three out of four installments of “Beverly Hills Cop” beginning in 1984.
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KEYWORDS: ashton; beverlyhills; copp; movies; netflix
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RIP, good actor
To: ChicagoConservative27
A name you may not know, but you will recognize the face.
2 posted on 09/29/2024 12:31:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ("Gays for Gaza is like Chickens for KFC"- B. Netanyahu )
To: Blood of Tyrants
for sure!
3 posted on 09/29/2024 12:32:33 PM PDT by Wayne07
To: ChicagoConservative27
2 divorces. Lots of stress. Cancer. RIP.
4 posted on 09/29/2024 12:33:17 PM PDT by nwrep
To: ChicagoConservative27
He was great in Midnight run.
5 posted on 09/29/2024 12:36:56 PM PDT by caltaxed (ake)
To: ChicagoConservative27
To: caltaxed
7 posted on 09/29/2024 12:45:41 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
To: ChicagoConservative27
He was a big part of why that was such a great movie. Really sad and hard way to go.
8 posted on 09/29/2024 12:45:51 PM PDT by mairdie (Trump (I Will Win) - Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma https://youtu.be/MigUKGKr-nQ)
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