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

Hurst played Deputy Cletus Hogg on the sitcom from 1980 to 1983 Dukes of Hazzard star Richard "Rick" Hurst has died. He was 79. Hurst's first wife Candace Kaniecki told TMZ that Hurst died in the morning on Thursday,

Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on the hit series 'The Dukes of Hazzard,' died at the age of 79.