James Best, a character actor best known for his role as bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on CBS comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died in Hickory, N.C., on April 6 from complications of pneumonia. He was 88. “The Dukes of Hazzard” ran from 1979-85.
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Actor James Best, who played hapless Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane for six seasons on the hit CBS series The Dukes of Hazzard, died Monday, April 6th, in hospice care in Hickory, North Carolina. According to the Charlotte Observer, Best died from complications of pneumonia. He was 88.
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James Best, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star, dead at 88 from pneumonia-related complications. RALEIGH, N.C. -- The prolific character actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard has died. James Best was 88. His wife of 29 years, Dorothy Best, said that Best died Monday night in hospice care in Hickory from complications of pneumonia.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/james-best-dukes-hazzard-star-dies-88-article-1.2175964
(CNN)James Best, best known for his portrayal of bumbling sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard, died Monday after a brief illness. He was 88. Best died in hospice in Hickory, North Carolina, of complications from pneumonia, said Steve Latshaw, a longtime friend and Hollywood colleague.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/entertainment/james-best-obit-dukes-hazzard-feat/index.html
James Best, Bumbling Sheriff of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 88. James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, with his dog, Flash. James Best, who played the oafish sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the hit television comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died on Monday near his home in Hickory, N.C. He was 88. The cause was pneumonia, his friend Steve Latshaw said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/arts/television/james-best-bumbling-sheriff-of-the-dukes-of-hazzard-dies-at-88.html
(October 2015) The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! is a 1997 American made-for-television action-adventure film reuniting the surviving cast members of the 1979–1985 television series The Dukes of Hazzard which originally aired on CBS on April 25, 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard:_Reunion!
Rea also was a regular on such series as The Waltons (as Olivia Walton's cousin Rose Burton), The Dukes of Hazzard (as the man-chasing Lulu Hogg) and Step by Step (as Ivy Baker, the mother of Suzanne Somers' character).
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dukes-hazzard-star-peggy-rea-97830
Portrait of Boss Hogg hanging in Boss Roscoe's Office. Jefferson Davis (J.D.) Hogg (better known as Boss Hogg) is a fictional character featured in the American television series, The Dukes of Hazzard. He was the greedy, unethical commissioner of Hazzard County. Boss Hogg always wore an all-white suit with a white cowboy hat and regularly smoked cigars.
http://dukesofhazzard.wikia.com/wiki/Boss_Hogg_(Sorrell_Booke)
'Dukes of Hazzard' Star Peggy Rea Dies at 89. Boss Hogg's wife, Lulu, suffered from congestive heart failure on Saturday. Peggy Rea, a veteran TV actress who played Brett Butler's mother-in-law on the ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire, died Feb. 5 of congestive heart failure at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif. She was 89.
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The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! is a 1997 American made-for-television action-adventure film reuniting the surviving cast members of the 1979–1985 television series The Dukes of Hazzard which originally aired on CBS on April 25, 1997.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dukes_of_Hazzard:_Reunion!
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