Actor Rick Hurst, best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ passed away on Thursday.
He was 79.
“It doesn’t seem right that Rick Hurst passed away this afternoon. When something so unexpected
happens, it is ‘harder to process’, as the current expression goes,” Ben Jones, a co-star on the show, said on Facebook.
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“I have known Rick for over 45 years and there wasn’t a minute of that time that he didn’t leave me smiling or laughing. Sure he was a professional comedian, but mostly he just had a heart as big as Texas. He was a fine actor, a splendid comic, and a wonderfully supportive colleague,” he added.
RIP: Actor Rick Hurst, known for his role as Deputy Cletus
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