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(Richard Shotwell / Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) NEW YORK — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the Beverly ...

NEW YORK — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76.

NEW YORK — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the "Beverly Hills Cop" films, has died. He was 76. Ashton died ...

By Alexandra E. Petri John Ashton, the actor best known for his role as a gruff police sergeant in the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, died on Thursday in Fort Collins, Colo. He was 76.