Burt Reynolds, the popular star of films such as «Deliverance,» «The Longest Yard» and «Smokey and the Bandit,» has died at 82, multiple news outlets…
Burt Reynolds, the popular star of films such as «Deliverance,» «The Longest Yard» and «Smokey and the Bandit,» has died at 82, multiple news outlets have confirmed, including The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and CBS News.
Donna Carbone, managing director at Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre in Jupiter, said that according to a family member, Reynolds has died.
Reynolds was a longtime Martin County and Jupiter resident. He used to have a home in Martin County and ran the Burt Reynolds Institute at 115 U. S. 1.
«I’ve been very, very lucky through ups and downs. When you crash and burn, you have to pick yourself up and go on and hope to make up for it,» Reynolds said in an interview in March with USA TODAY. «Along the way, I’ve met some wonderful people. And you always run into some jerks. But that would be the same if you were working for the Ford Motor Co.
«It’s a tough business. Very tough. But I always tried to leave a good impression wherever we shot, and I didn’t leave any buildings burning or anything,» he added with a smile. «And I’ve had a good time through it all.»
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