John Ashton, Beverly Hills Cop Actor, Dead at 76

John Ashton, the actor best known as detective John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, has died.

He broke out in 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop, playing detective John Taggart, Billy Rosewood’s (played by Judge Reinhold) partner.

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.