{"id":733629,"date":"2026-08-10T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733629\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:56:09","slug":"dukes-of-hazzard-star-ben-jones-dies-aged-84-as-wife-pays-touching-tribute-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733629\/","title":{"rendered":"Dukes Of Hazzard star Ben Jones dies aged 84 as wife pays touching tribute &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPNTBfSkxndWlkX1luVkVVWEF3cHJHd2FoTVpqOWdxdG84ZFYycEQtZVR4QlFXbVpnYmZqSzgtdzh1QjZuYUdueE1RUmlsT05DbWVQNkR4WkV3TXhIOHV5QjR3QjlZTktzelczR2p5a3B0MjI2OE1BOXRlQ1pfLU5jVTY0ellUVW53?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dukes Of Hazzard star Ben Jones dies aged 84 as wife pays touching tribute<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE1HRDg1TkN0dktoNkEyVHFRNDVhNFI1X0tWTkFuSkpHM0QyVTd2Z2hMWmEycy1TRThjbnMzZGxudEdDNDRWeWM1cmdGTWMtWFl6bUtOZnBmTGpfMWVuZGUxd3pLZkxQVm9PUURVNFJud04ta1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Jones, \u2018Dukes of Hazzard\u2019 Actor and Congressman, Dies at 84<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nytimes.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNX2F2SHhncWlyaUxDMUlaYkJvb0RBaWRWZTUyVkFsVVV0SEdkVF9qeXctYlYyZU52a1NRbHZ1RXo0ZldERUpHNGtjdkxmSjFKV1k5dVdlV0k4c2ZmT3dMSXl0b0pFZUZKTTFZdXdKQXdVbUhGMURCVlVPNGtGUzRqZnd5bWhWQ05uRTJRMHdIblNUS3Q2OG5Va1NOaGVpdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Jones, Actor Turned Politician Who Played Cooter Davenport in \u2018The Dukes of Hazzard,\u2019 Dies at 84<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPVVRrZVM4VTF1THk3VHFQRjJlMi1xd2pXdWE4MmR6am9ueVoxQXJJZnBGQWJhUWQtWEVYMWVBYkdFNXVJMEFLams4ejJrN2RfNFgzSEVwRjhQNFpmc2s3VnVLTzdoNUgzNThDRFNjZGltUGJZT1lmYkNSQmRWMEVHcTQwUkw4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Jones Dies: Cooter On \u2018Dukes Of Hazzard,\u2019 Georgia Congressman Was 84<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPUnE4MUc1bnh4dVNUeVNiV2xycmhyV1E1aUdVd3gzWkVrSzlzckJUVzJQVVRYcUx2eUJRcHBNR21QZzg2dzlMUkF6MXhiaFhzNGFWQ1RibzRZOWRRSEo4OHJ1VFoyUXNqRzlhbmltMkx1ODNETmI3cmZiRlp1eGNzUVgtbWxvenFtQ1pSbU9zYk91X1hqeHV5Q0xCTV9MR2E1dlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Dukes of Hazzard star Ben Jones dies aged 84<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dukes Of Hazzard star Ben Jones dies aged 84 as wife pays touching tribute&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBen Jones, \u2018Dukes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2754,6491,2989,96,6420,92015,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actor","tag-celebrities","tag-death","tag-entertainment","tag-north-carolina","tag-tribute","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}