John Ashton, best remembered for Beverly Hills Cop, has died at 76 after a long, rewarding career in movies and TV. Legacy sequels have proven a particularly hot trend when it comes to movies in recent years. With the likes of Top Gun and Blade Runner being revisited after decades, fans of Beverly Hills Cop were excited to see Eddie Murphy reprise the role of Axel Foley in the franchise’s fourth installment earlier this year. Premiering on Netflix over the summer, it got the gang back together, with viewers welcoming the triumphant return of John Ashton as Chief John Taggart. He’s been a firm …