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Actor Herbert Coward Dead at Age 85 After Car Crash With Girlfriend and Pets

Herbert Coward died in a car crash alongside girlfriend Bertha Brooks and their pet dog and squirrel

Herbert Coward.Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesThe NC State Highway Patrol confirmed to Us Weekly that Coward and Brooks, plus their dog and pet squirrel, were killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon. Us Weekly looks back at the stars who died before their time, including Amy Winehouse, Prince and Whitney Houston — see the most shocking celeb deaths On the small screen, Coward scored a role in the 2013 TV series Hillbilly Blood and was featured in an episode of Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners.

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