NewzBen Jones, best known for his role as the good ol' boy mechanic Cooter Davenport on the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard" and his subsequent career as a two-term U.S. House member, has died at the age of 84.
Jones passed away after suffering a heart attack on Sunday at his home in Washington, Virginia, while waiting to watch television. He successfully parlayed his television fame into a political career, serving two terms in the United States House of Representatives.
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