Beverly Hills Cop says goodbye to Taggart: John Ashton is dead

The actor who played the famous sergeant in the saga led by Eddie Murphy has left us. He was 76 years old.

He had conducted his last investigation only a few months ago. John Ashtonwell known in cinema as Inspector John Taggart in the franchise Beverly Hills Copdied this Friday. He was 76 years old.

The actor died at his Colorado home after a battle with cancer, TMZ confirms.

John Ashton began his career in 1973 with an appearance in the film An eye for an eyeand went on to appear in various feature films and TV series, before breaking into Beverly Hill Cops in 1984, in the costume of Taggart, the partner of Billy Rosewood (played by Judge Reinhold). He was the wise old man of the duo, the sergeant who knew how to understand Axel Foley, played by Eddie Murphy. Moreover, he was going to become the local police chief, in the very recent Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, released on Netflix this summer. His last role.

During his career, John Ashton also went through the series M*A*S*H*, Dallas, The Fourth Dimension, EastEnders, King of the Hill, Fantasy Island...

And in the cinema he was the bounty hunter Marvin Dorfler in Midnight Run.

His lifelong comrade, Judge Reinholdwanted to say goodbye to him with a last message : “My brother, my partner, my sergeant. I love you”.