{"id":4026,"date":"2018-09-06T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T20:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2018-09-06T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T21:56:49","slug":"movie-and-tv-star-burt-reynolds-has-died-at-the-age-of-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/movie-and-tv-star-burt-reynolds-has-died-at-the-age-of-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie and TV Star Burt Reynolds has Died at the age of 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4030\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4030 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-smokey_and_the_bandit_photofest_universal_pictures-feature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-smokey_and_the_bandit_photofest_universal_pictures-feature.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-smokey_and_the_bandit_photofest_universal_pictures-feature-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-smokey_and_the_bandit_photofest_universal_pictures-feature-260x159.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-smokey_and_the_bandit_photofest_universal_pictures-feature-160x98.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds star of TV, stage, and motion pictures died on September 6, 2018 at age 82. Burt Reynolds in the 1977 box-office sensation &#8216;Smokey and the Bandit (Universal Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reynold&#8217;s publicist\u00a0said he died in a Florida hospital on September 6, 2018. He had been suffering from heart problems for a number of years. The actor had heart bypass surgery in 2010 and\u00a0is survived by his son, Quinton.<\/p>\n<p>Burt Reynolds first rose to prominence starring in television series such as <em>Gunsmoke<\/em> (1962\u20131965) and <em>Dan August<\/em> (1970\u20131971).<\/p><div id=\"morty-3094059065\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4028\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4028 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-560x716.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-260x332.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse-160x204.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-little-whorehouse.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton star in Universal&#8217;s &#8220;<em>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas<\/em>&#8221; (1982) At the time of its release, it had the highest weekend box-office opening for an R-rated movie, with $11,874,268.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His breakout film role was as Lewis Medlock in <em>Deliverance<\/em> (1972). Reynolds played the leading role in a number of box office hits, such as <em>The Longest Yard<\/em> (1974), <em>Smokey and the Bandit<\/em> (1977), <em>Semi-Tough<\/em> (1977), <em>Hooper<\/em> (1978), <em>Smokey and the Bandit II<\/em> (1980), <em>The Cannonball Run<\/em> (1981) and <em>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas<\/em> (1982).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Evening-Shade-Season-Burt-Reynolds\/dp\/B00005JOXR\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536264876&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=evening+shade&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;linkId=f151835bab09e50909411dae90bd5cbb&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00005JOXR&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00005JOXR\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>After a few box office failures, Reynolds returned to television, starring in the sitcom <em>Evening Shade<\/em> (1990\u20131994). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in <em>Boogie Nights<\/em> (1997).<\/p>\n<h2>Early life<\/h2>\n<p>Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born February 11, 1936\u00a0to Fern H. (n\u00e9e Miller; 1902\u20131992) and Burton Milo Reynolds (1906\u20132002). He has Dutch, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and is also said to have Cherokee roots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/But-Enough-About-Me-Memoir\/dp\/0399173544\/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536265123&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=But+Enough+About+Me&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;linkId=27143eed06698c94343b44f731cbbf51&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0399173544&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=0399173544\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>In his 2014 autobiography <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2wQ5kfF\">But Enough About Me<\/a>, Reynolds said his mother had Italian ancestry. During his career, Reynolds often claimed to have been born in Waycross, Georgia but confirmed in 2015 that he was born in Lansing, Michigan. He was born on February 11, 1936, and in his autobiography stated that Lansing is where his family lived when his father was drafted into the United States Army. Reynolds, his mother, and sister joined his father at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and lived there for two years. When Reynolds&#8217;s father was sent to Europe, the family moved to Lake City, Michigan, where his mother had been raised.<\/p><div id=\"morty-610283797\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1946, the family moved to Riviera Beach, Florida. His father became Chief of Police of Riviera Beach, which is adjacent to the north side of West Palm Beach, Florida. During 10th grade at Palm Beach High School, Reynolds was named First Team All-State and All Southern as a fullback and received multiple scholarship offers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4029\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4029 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-560x716.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-260x332.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard-160x204.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-the-longest-yard.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds gets to play football again in <em>The Longest Yard<\/em> (Paramount Pictures 1974)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After graduating from Palm Beach High in West Palm Beach, he attended Florida State University on a football scholarship and played halfback. While at Florida State, Reynolds roomed with college football broadcaster and analyst Lee Corso, and also became a brother of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Reynolds hoped to be named to All-American teams and to have a career in professional football, but he suffered a knee injury in the first game of his sophomore season, and later that year he lost his spleen and injured his other knee as a result of a car accident. These injuries hampered Reynolds&#8217; abilities on the field, and after being beaten in coverage for the game-winning touchdown in a 7-0 loss to North Carolina State on October 12, 1957, he decided to give up football.<\/p>\n<p>Ending his college football career, Reynolds thought of becoming a police officer, but his father suggested that he finish college and become a parole officer. To keep up with his studies, he began taking classes at Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) in neighboring Lake Park. In his first term at PBJC, Reynolds was in an English class taught by Watson B. Duncan III. Duncan pushed Reynolds into trying out for a play he was producing, Outward Bound. He cast Reynolds in the lead role based on having heard Reynolds read Shakespeare in class, leading to Reynolds winning the 1956 Florida State Drama Award for his performance. In his autobiography, Reynolds refers to Duncan as his mentor and the most influential person in his life.<\/p>\n<h2>Career &#8211;\u00a0Theatre<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4034\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4034 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game-260x161.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game-160x99.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_with_citrus_queen_at_garnet_and_gold_football_game.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reynolds with the Citrus Queen at Garnet and Gold Football Game, Florida State University, 1963<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Florida State Drama Award included a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse, a summer stock theater, in Hyde Park, New York. Reynolds saw the opportunity as an agreeable alternative to more physically-demanding summer jobs but did not yet see acting as a possible career. While working there, Reynolds met Joanne Woodward, who helped him find an agent, and was cast in <em>Tea and Sympathy<\/em> at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. After his Broadway debut <em>Look, We&#8217;ve Come Through<\/em>, he received favorable reviews for his performance and went on tour with the cast, driving the bus and appearing on stage.<\/p>\n<h2>Film and television<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4035\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4035 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962-560x705.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962-260x327.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962-160x201.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_gunsmoke_1962.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Publicity photo of Burt Reynolds as blacksmith Quint Asper from the television program <em>Gunsmoke<\/em> 1962<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He began acting on television in the late 1950s and made his film debut in <em>Angel Baby<\/em> (1961). Following a regular role as Ben Frazer in Riverboat, he joined the cast of <em>Gunsmoke<\/em> as &#8220;halfbreed&#8221; blacksmith Quint Asper, and performed that role during the years just before the departure of Chester Goode and just after the appearance of Festus Haggen. He used television fame to secure leading roles for low-budget films and played the titular role in the Spaghetti Western <em>Navajo Joe<\/em> (1966), before playing the title character in police drama <em>Dan August<\/em> (1970\u201371). He later disparaged the series, telling Johnny Carson that Dan August had &#8220;two forms of expression: mean and meaner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4039\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4039 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-560x316.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-260x147.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/deliverance_1972.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reynolds made his breakout role in Reynolds made his breakout role as &#8220;Lewis: in the 1972 Warner Bros. feature, <em>Deliverance<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reynolds appeared on <em>ABC&#8217;s The American Sportsman<\/em> hosted by outdoors journalist Grits Gresham, who took celebrities on hunting, fishing and shooting trips around the world. Saul David considered Reynolds to star in <em>Our Man Flint<\/em>, but Lew Wasserman rejected him. He had the lead in <em>Impasse<\/em> (1969) and <em>Shark!<\/em>, the latter with director Sam Fuller who disowned the rough cuts. Albert R. Broccoli asked Reynolds to play James Bond, but he turned the role down, saying &#8220;An American can&#8217;t play James Bond. It just can&#8217;t be done.&#8221; Reynolds made his breakout role in <em>Deliverance<\/em> and gained notoriety when he appeared in the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4038\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4038 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/59944325_br_cosmo624-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds centerfold in the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the 1970s, Reynolds played leading roles in a series of action films and comedies, such as <em>White Lightning<\/em> (1973), <em>The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing<\/em> (also 1973), <em>Lucky Lady<\/em> (1975) or <em>Smokey and the Bandit<\/em> (1977). He made his directorial debut in 1976 with <em>Gator<\/em>, the sequel to <em>White Lightning<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1980s, his leading roles included The <em>Cannonball Run<\/em> (1981) and <em>Malone<\/em> (1987) and <em>All Dogs Go to Heaven<\/em> (1989).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4032\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4032 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski-260x390.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds_2011-04-15_photoby_adam-bielawski.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds Discussion and Signing at Hollywood Blvd Cinema in Woodridge, IL, USA on April 15, 2011. Photo by Adam Bielawski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After starring in Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s second film <em>Boogie Nights<\/em>, Reynolds refused to star in Anderson&#8217;s third film, <em>Magnolia<\/em>. Despite this, Reynolds was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2002, he voiced Avery Carrington in <em>Grand Theft Auto: Vice City<\/em>. He had support parts in Miss Lettie and Me (2003) and <em>Without a Paddle<\/em> (2004), and two high-profile films: the remake of <em>The Longest Yard<\/em> (2005) and <em>The Dukes of Hazzard<\/em> (2005). Reynolds received his critical acclaimed performance for <em>The Last Movie Star<\/em> (2017). In May 2018, he joined the cast for Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s film, <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Author<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barkley-Unleashed-Pirates-Victoria-Preminger\/dp\/0787110272\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536267182&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Barkley+Unleashed+A+Pirate&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;linkId=3023283a1ae4b0ba947ad7a6429fc5e4&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0787110272&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0787110272\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>Reynolds co-authored the children&#8217;s book Barkley Unleashed A Pirate, a &#8220;whimsical tale [that] illustrates the importance of perseverance, the wonders of friendship and the power of imagination&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Music<\/h2>\n<p>In 1973, Reynolds released the album Ask Me What I Am, the song, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bNKwX8DpDiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let&#8217;s Do Something Cheap and Superficial<\/a> from 1980 <em>Smokie and the Bandit II,<\/em>\u00a0and in 1983 sang along with Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.<\/p>\n<h2>Bankruptcy<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4036\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_1991_portrait_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4036 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt_reynolds_1991_portrait_crop-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynolds on the red carpet for the 43rd Annual Emmy Awards, August 25, 1991 photo by Alan Light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite much success, in 1996 he filed for bankruptcy, due in part to an extravagant lifestyle, a divorce from Loni Anderson and failed investments in some Florida restaurant chains. The filing was under Chapter 11, from which Reynolds emerged two years later.<\/p>\n<h2>Personal life<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4027\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4027 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-560x438.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-260x203.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field-160x125.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/burt-reynolds-saly-field.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burt Reynold and Sally Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reynolds&#8217; close friends have included Johnny Carson, James Hampton, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Charles Nelson Reilly, Tammy Wynette, Lucie Arnaz, Adrienne Barbeau, Tawny Little, Dinah Shore, and Chris Evert. Reynolds was married to Judy Carne from 1963 to 1965, and to Loni Anderson from 1988 to 1993. He and Anderson adopted a son, Quinton. Reynolds and Dinah Shore were in a relationship in the early 70&#8217;s for about five years. He had a relationship from about 1977 to 1982 with actress Sally Field.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4033\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4033 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-560x443.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-260x206.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds-160x127.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/loni_anderson_and_burt_reynolds.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reynolds and Loni Anderson at the 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards August 25,1991 Photo by: Alan Light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the late 1970s, Reynolds opened Burt&#8217;s Place, a nightclub restaurant in the Omni International Hotel in the Hotel District of Downtown Atlanta. Reynolds was a life-long fan of American football, a result of his collegiate career, and was a minority owner of the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL from 1982 to 1986. The team&#8217;s name was inspired by the <em>Smokey and the Bandit<\/em> trilogy and Skoal Bandit, a primary sponsor for the team as a result of also sponsoring Reynolds&#8217; race team. Reynolds also co-owned a NASCAR Winston Cup team, Mach 1 Racing, with Hal Needham, which ran the #33 Skoal Bandit car with driver Harry Gant. Reynolds was awarded an honorary doctorate from Florida State University in 1981 and later endorsed the construction of a new performing arts facility in Sarasota, Florida. He also owned a private theater in Jupiter, Florida, with a focus on training young performers looking to enter show business.<\/p>\n<p>While filming <em>City Heat<\/em>, Reynolds was struck in the face with a metal chair and had temporomandibular joint dysfunction. He lost thirty pounds from not eating. The painkillers he was prescribed led to addiction, which took several years to break. Reynolds underwent back surgery in 2009 and a quintuple heart bypass in February 2010.<\/p>\n<p>On August 16, 2011, Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers, claiming Reynolds owed $1.2 million on his home in Hobe Sound, Florida. Reynolds owned the Burt Reynolds Ranch, where scenes for Smokey and the Bandit were filmed and which once had a petting zoo, until its sale during bankruptcy. In April 2014, the 153-acre rural property was rezoned for residential use and the Palm Beach County school system could sell it to residential developer K. Hovnanian Homes.<\/p>\n<h2>Death<\/h2>\n<p>Reynolds reportedly died of cardiac arrest at a Florida hospital on September 6, 2018. He had been suffering from heart problems for a number of years.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"medfordtrails-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B07693JFQS\";\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"f0d96c6dea8068160100f3838262c670\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CBVHNCfAAI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reynold&#8217;s publicist\u00a0said he died in a Florida hospital on September 6, 2018. 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