Ben Jones, who played the good ol’ boy mechanic in “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV series and parlayed his fame into a political career and two terms in the U.S. House, has died.

Ben Jones spent six seasons playing the one guy in Hazzard County who actually understood why the General Lee kept surviving jumps that should have folded its frame like a lawn chair. He died Sunday ...

He played the mechanic Cooter Davenport on the hit television series before serving two terms as a Democratic congressman from Georgia. Ben Jones in 1999. He overcame two decades of alcoholism, ...