John Ashley’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actor John Ashley died at the age of 62. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Notable for his portrayal of Clipper Hamilton in the 1960s television series Straightaway and for his appearances in Frankenstein’s Daughter, Hell on Wheels, and several other movies of the 1950s and ’60s, he is also remembered for his production work on the television shows The A-Team, Werewolf, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Oklahoma. He was married three times — to Deborah Walley, Nancy Moore, and Jan Ashley — and had sons named Anthony and Cole.

On October 3, 1997, Ashley died of a heart attack in New York City at the age of 62. He had just left the set of the movie Scar City, and died in his car in the parking lot outside the studio.