Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82, Us Weekly can confirm exclusively.
A source tells Us the actor went into cardiac arrest at a hospital in Florida on Thursday, September 6, and CPR was performed for a considerable amount of time. A caregiver and his family were by his side.
After starring in TV shows such as Gunsmoke and Dan August, Reynolds rose to fame in the ‘70s for his breakout role as Lewis Medlock in Deliverance. The actor, who has nearly 200 film and TV credits, also starred in multiple successful films including 1974’s The Longest Yard, 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, 1996’s Striptease and 1997’s Boogie Nights, the latter of which earned him an Oscar nomination.
Reynolds’ movie Defining Moments is set to be released in December 2018. He was also cast in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood alongside Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, which is expected to hit theaters in 2019.
Reynolds underwent heart surgery in 2010. His manager told CNN at the time that Reynolds “has a great motor with brand new pipes.”
Reynolds was married to Judy Carne from 1963 to 1965 and Loni Anderson from 1988 to 1993, with whom he shares his adult son Quinton Anderson Reynolds. He previously said ex-girlfriend Sally Field, whom he dated on-off for five years in the ‘70s and ’80s, was the one who got away during a December 2015 interview with Vanity Fair.
“I miss her terribly,” he told magazine at the time. “Even now, it’s hard on me. I don’t know why I was so stupid. Men are like that, you know. You find the perfect person, and then you do everything you can to screw it up.”
Reynolds is survived by his son.
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steauengeglase on September 6th, 2018 at 19:46 UTC »
Deliverance, White Lightning/Gator, The Longest Yard, the Smokey and the Bandit franchise, an endless string of 80s cop thrillers, Boogie Nights, and not to mention an insane amount of television acting. That's like 75% of TBS' programming during the 90s. Hell of a career.
Im_Not_Daredevil on September 6th, 2018 at 19:10 UTC »
Wow, I wouldn't normally expect someone to be this honest and open during an interview.
Hodaka on September 6th, 2018 at 19:01 UTC »
For a guy with a huge career who never stopped working, he was only nominated once for an Oscar.