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.

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

Rick Hurst, the actor known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, died on Thursday. He was 79. Hurst's Dukes of Hazzard costar Ben Jones announced his death with a heartfelt tribute on the Facebook page of the show's museum, Cooter's Place in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Hurst was scheduled to make an appearance at the museum on July 3.