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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — The prolific character actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on “The Dukes of Hazzard” has died. James Best was 88. His wife of 29 years, Dorothy Best, said that ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. RALEIGH, N.C. — The prolific actor best ...

James Best, who played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on "The Dukes of Hazzard," died Monday night at the age of 88, according to The Charlotte Observer. He died from complications of pneumonia, according ...

James Best, best known for his portrayal of bumbling sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard," died Monday after a brief illness. He was 88. Best died in hospice in Hickory, North ...

Kevin Lang remembers his earliest encounter with his hero. He was 9 years old. Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, accompanied by his basset hound, “Flash,” was in Detroit, signing autographs. Lang didn’t meet ...

"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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...