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Rick Hurst, Actor on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 79
Hollywood Reporter ^ | June 26 2025 | Mike Barnes

Posted on 06/27/2025 7:32:06 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper

Rick Hurst, who portrayed the good-hearted Deputy Cletus Hogg on the long-running CBS action comedy The Dukes of Hazzard, died Thursday. He was 79.

Hurst’s death was announced by the Cooter’s Place museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He had just canceled a scheduled July 3-7 appearance there.

“To fans, he was more than a character — he was family,” reads a Dukes of Hazzard post on Instagram. “His gentle smile, impeccable comedic timing and kind-hearted spirit made every scene brighter.

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RIP. I recall back in the day watching an interview with him on Kidsworld and he seemed to be a very nice and personable man.
1 posted on 06/27/2025 7:32:06 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper
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2 posted on 06/27/2025 7:36:32 AM PDT by Rio
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3 posted on 06/27/2025 7:46:36 AM PDT by DFG
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Believe that was when Winchester replaced Ferret Face, lol.


4 posted on 06/27/2025 8:13:44 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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Rest In Peace, Rick.


5 posted on 06/27/2025 8:14:13 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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When I heard Hogg died, I mistakenly believed it was David Hogg.


6 posted on 06/27/2025 10:54:22 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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was he related to Boss Hogg?


7 posted on 06/27/2025 10:58:25 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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The character Cletus was a cousin of Boss Hogg (brought in as a deputy when Sonny Schroyer’s Enos went to his own series in L.A. on special assignment with the LAPD).


8 posted on 06/27/2025 11:36:10 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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