‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor and former Congressman Ben Jones dead at 84

the role that first made him famous.

That ability to seem familiar may explain why the news of his death carried such emotional weight.

People were not only remembering what he achieved.

They were remembering how he made them feel.

An Ordinary Goodbye to an Extraordinary Public Life

Ben Jones’s story stretched from Tarboro to Hollywood and eventually to continue reading …