Actor Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg in the hit sitcom “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 79.

Actor Rick Hurst, best known as dim-witted Deputy Cletus Hogg on the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard," has died unexpectedly in Los Angeles. He was 79."It doesn't seem right that Rick Hurst passed away this afternoon.

Rick Hurst, best known as Deputy Cletus Hogg on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ & father to Ryan Hurst, died at 79. Learn more about the actor here.