Smokey Finally Caught the Bandit - Burt Reynolds has died

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Smokey Finally Caught the Bandit - Burt Reynolds has died

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/b ... -1.4813254

Burt Reynolds passed away. Looks like the Bandit finally ran out of road.
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Smokey and The Bandit was one of the first movies i ever watched with Burt in it.Him and Humphrey Bogart were the images i had of 'an honest man' growing up.He WILL be missed. :cry:
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The Bandit and Cannonball Run movies (alongside others such as Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers) were some of those I watched repeatedly as a child.
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