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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.

“I just this moment heard about the passing of dear Rick Hurst, a.k.a. Cletus Hogg,” co-star John Schneider, who played Bo Duke on “Hazzard,” wrote Thursday night on Facebook.

Anderson’s older brother, Cletus, opened the first VIP Records in 1967, and his siblings helped open 13 more locations throughout L.A.

In 1978, Cletus opened the World Famous VIP Records in Long Beach, and Anderson took it over a few months later.

"These record-breaking numbers, during a year that is on track to be one of the hottest ever, are sobering and the latest confirmation of a worsening trend in costly disasters, many of which bear the undeniable fingerprints of climate change," said Rachel Cletus of the Union of Concerned Scientists, in a statement Monday.