Burt Reynolds — who spent decades as one of the world’s biggest movie stars — has passed away in a Florida hospital at the age of 82. US Weekly has exclusively reported that the Martin County sheriff’s office received two emergency calls from Burt’s home in Jupiter, Fla., and that the actor was rushed to a hospital while suffering from cardiac arrest. The death of the beloved “Smokey and the Bandit” star comes just weeks after Burt finished filming a role in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” — with industry buzz hoping that it would be yet another comeback for the ailing screen star!
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After originally topping the box-office with hits like "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard," and
the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, Burt had dropped out of favor in Hollywood — moving on to television projects including the hit sitcom "Evening Shade."
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Burt then landed an Oscar nomination with 1997's "Boogie Nights," but
the volatile actor was soon feuding with director Paul Thomas Anderson, complaining that the younger man was “full of himself.” The former action star had looked startlingly frail during several personal appearances over the year — and The National ENQUIRER caught
Burt needing a stunt man just to be filmed walking while shooting "The Last Movie Star" in 2016.
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Pals warned at the time that Burt had “never gotten truly better” after undergoing quintuple bypass surgery in February 2010 — but also noted that he was still struggling to pay off debts left over from
divorcing Loni Anderson in 1994. "The sad part about all this," said an insider, "is that Burt has to do all this if he wants to continue to work!"
After originally topping the box-office with hits like "Deliverance," "The Longest Yard," and
the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, Burt had dropped out of favor in Hollywood — moving on to television projects including the hit sitcom "Evening Shade."
Burt then landed an Oscar nomination with 1997's "Boogie Nights," but
the volatile actor was soon feuding with director Paul Thomas Anderson, complaining that the younger man was “full of himself.” The former action star had looked startlingly frail during several personal appearances over the year — and The National ENQUIRER caught
Burt needing a stunt man just to be filmed walking while shooting "The Last Movie Star" in 2016.
Pals warned at the time that Burt had “never gotten truly better” after undergoing quintuple bypass surgery in February 2010 — but also noted that he was still struggling to pay off debts left over from
divorcing Loni Anderson in 1994. "The sad part about all this," said an insider, "is that Burt has to do all this if he wants to continue to work!"
