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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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RIP, good actor
1 posted on 09/29/2024 12:29:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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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 )
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To: Blood of Tyrants
for sure!


3 posted on 09/29/2024 12:32:33 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: ChicagoConservative27

2 divorces. Lots of stress. Cancer. RIP.


4 posted on 09/29/2024 12:33:17 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He was great in Midnight run.


5 posted on 09/29/2024 12:36:56 PM PDT by caltaxed (ake)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

RIP!


6 posted on 09/29/2024 12:37:40 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: caltaxed

“Watch out Marvin!”


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.)
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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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To: ChicagoConservative27

Beverly Hills Cop — one of the best movies from the 1980s.


9 posted on 09/29/2024 1:41:23 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: caltaxed

One of the best 80s movies! Epic!


10 posted on 09/29/2024 2:01:52 PM PDT by CletusVanDamme (You always said you'd take care of me, George. Here's one rap you won't beat.)
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To: Wayne07

Condolences; RIP; Blessings. Good actor; tx.


11 posted on 09/29/2024 2:03:50 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I met him one time in a bar at the Las Vegas airport about 18 years ago. We were sitting at the bar and struck up conversation. He was foul mouthed but a pretty decent fellow. He finally told me who he was and said he was in town for a golf tourney. RIP


12 posted on 09/29/2024 2:33:14 PM PDT by Man from Oz (Beneath all leftist intellect, a tyrant is lurking)
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To: caltaxed

Yup, and despite Denonothin’ starring, it remains my favorite buddy movie.


13 posted on 09/29/2024 3:17:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: caltaxed

+1


14 posted on 09/29/2024 6:56:59 PM PDT by nd76
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To: nwrep

He could have played the GOP. They’re always falling for the banana in the tail pipe.


15 posted on 09/29/2024 9:12:52 PM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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