An appreciation: Burt Reynolds ran through my youth as a charmer and a spinner of wiles
You had to like him, coming at you with a wink and a smile, as if he had swallowed all the world's secrets. He was cool, slick, a few steps ahead of the cops, a wiseguy with a Texas hat and a mustache, who back in the day was a box office sure bet, a star who could draw in men and women in equal measure, but for different reasons.
Burt Reynolds was a charmer, a spinner of wiles and self-deprecating grace. He was the kind of
