Burt Reynolds has died at age 82, according to agent
Published 2:17 pm Thursday, September 6, 2018
- Burt Reynolds attends Palm Beach International Film Festival's Student Showcase of Films Awards Show at Lynn University on Saturday, April 6, 2018 in Boca Raton, Fla.
NEW YORK — Burt Reynolds, whose credits included acclaimed films such as “Deliverance” and commercial hits like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died.
The handsome film and television star died at age 82, according to his agent Todd Eisner. No other details were immediately available Thursday.
During a long Reynolds starred in the Oscar-winning film “Deliverance” in 1972 and the Oscar-nominated “Boogie Nights” in 1997. He also fronted such commercial favorites as “Smokey and the Bandit.” And he had a hit TV show in the 1990s with “Evening Shade.”
He also had more than his share of tabloid moments, including an acrimonious divorce from former TV star Loni Anderson and a nearly nude centerfold in Cosmopolitan magazine.
