Burt Reynolds, Swaggering Star Actor, Has Died At 82
In a film career that spanned seven decades, Reynolds played good ol' boys and rugged action heroes. He died Thursday following a heart attack.
Actor Burt Reynolds, who played good ol' boys and rugged action heroes in an acting career that spanned seven decades, has died. Reynolds died Thursday morning at a Florida hospital following a heart attack. He was 82.
Reynolds came to stardom in and in the 1970s, and was still making movies more than, Jackie Gleason was Smokey the sheriff, Burt Reynolds was Bandit, and the plot hinged on whether Bandit and a truck-driving pal could blow through Smokey's roadblocks and make the run in 28 hours. The smile, the mustache, the twinkle in his eye ... without them, would anyone have buckled up for that bootlegging run from Texarkana to Atlanta?
