James Best, best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard, has died, at age 88. Best was a wonderfully versatile actor within a self-imposed narrow range — a Southerner who could be ...

James Best, the actor who played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard, passed away Monday night. He was 88. Born Jewel Franklin Guy in Powderly, KY, in 1926, the actor was adopted after ...

If, when I was 7 years old, I was asked to make a list of my favorite fictional characters, it would have looked something like: In the mid-‘90s, Country Music Television started airing repeats of The ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The prolific actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes of Hazzard” has died. James Best was 88. His wife, Dorothy Best, said Tuesday that Best died ...

The death of James Best, who played inept sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” reminds us how the unlikeliest things can happen in showbiz. Best, who died Monday of pneumonia at the ...

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"The Dukes of Hazzard" actor James Best has died at the age of 88, according to multiple reports. His website announced Tuesday that he died Monday night in Hickory, North Carolina, after a brief ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HICKORY, N.C. — Actor James Best, who is ...

James Best played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, the bumbling minion of Jefferson Davis ‘Boss’ Hogg, a corrupt county commissioner and the show's bad guy. CBS Getty Images James Best, whose prolific ...