John Ashton, the actor best known as detective John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, has died.
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He broke out in 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop, playing detective John Taggart, Billy Rosewood’s (played by Judge Reinhold) partner.
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He later starred in three of the four subsequent films in the Eddie Murphy-led franchise, most recently in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Netflix’s 30-years-later sequel that dropped on July 3.
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Ashton died in his Colorado home on Friday after a battle with cancer, his rep confirmed to TMZ on Sunday.