WHY DABNEY DIED HAPPY!

Went out with style after playing creeps

GRUFF Dabney Coleman made life miserable for secretaries Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as their nasty boss in the iconic movie 9 to 5, but pals say he went to his grave happy as a clam after guest-starring on TV’s hit Yellowstone.

In his final role, the 92-year-old Emmy winner, who died at his Santa Monica home May 16, played the dying dad of Kevin Costner’s rancher John Dutton in a season 2 flashback.

“Dabney knew Yellowstone would be his swan song as an actor,” says a pal, “and he was thrilled to get the part. And he didn’t have to play a creep, either!”