John Ashton, 'Beverly Hills Cop' actor, dies at 76 NEW YORK (AP) — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76. Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, his family announced in a statement released by Ashton’s manager, Alan Somers, on Sunday.
No cause of death was immediately available. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ashton was a regular face across TV series and films, including “Midnight Run,” “Little Big League” and “Gone Baby Gone.” But in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, Ashton played an essential part of an indelible trio.
Montana man to be sentenced for cloning giant sheep to breed large sheep for captive trophy hunts HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An 81-year-old Montana man is expected to be sentenced for using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S.
to illegally create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunts in Texas and Minnesota. The hearing is set for Monday in Great Falls. Prosecutors are not seeking prison time for Arthur “Jack” Schubarth.
He is asking for a one-year probationary sentence for violating federal wildlife trafficking laws, in part by cloning a giant Marco Polo sheep using tissue illegally brought into the U.S. by someone who killed the animal in Kyrgyzstan.
Schubarth pleaded guilty to two felony counts in March for a scheme that ran from early 2013 until Oc.