Burt Reynolds, film icon dead at 82

Burt Reynolds. 2015 photo: Wikipedia Commons/GabboT

Sept. 6 (UPI) — Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds, known for starring in hit films such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Deliverance,” has died at the age of 82.

Reynolds died Thursday at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida his manager Erik Kritzer confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.

The actor had been dealing with multiple health issues in recent years, having been put into intensive care in 2013 for flu symptoms including dehydration, People magazine reported.

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