Overview

• Rick Hurst died June 26 in Los Angeles at age 79, with his passing confirmed by Cooter’s Place museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
• No cause of death has been released and his first wife, Candace Kaniecki, said his passing was unexpected.
• He portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg on CBS’s The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1982 and returned for reunion telefilms in 1997 and 2000.
• Hurst’s four-decade career included guest roles on shows such as M*A*S*H, Happy Days and Murder, She Wrote, and films like The Karate Kid Part III and Steel Magnolias.
• He is survived by his sons Ryan and Collin Hurst, and received tributes from co-stars including Ben Jones and John Schneider.