‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor dead at 76 after starring in latest sequel
Actor John Ashton, who played Sgt. John Taggart in “ Beverly Hills Cop ,” has died. Variety reports that Ashton, 76, died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado. As Taggart, Ashton was a detective in the first two “ Beverly Hills Cop ” movies starring Eddie Murphy, released in 1984 and 1987.