Burt Reynolds died a bitter man bearing a grudge against ex-wife Loni Anderson and cutting their adopted son,
Quinton (right), out of his will. The National ENQUIRER has learned that the “Smokey and the Bandit” star, who passed away at 82 from a heart attack on Sept. 6, named niece Nancy Lee Brown Hess executor in the 2011 document and made it a point to say
his 30-year-old only child was not to get a cent of his estimated $5 million estate. “I intentionally omit [Quinton] from this, my Last Will and Testament, as I have provided for him during my lifetime in my Declaration of Trust,” the will reads. Read on for details of Burt’s bitter parting shot, and click here for more news of celebrity splits ….
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The Hollywood action man, whose body was cremated, died haunted by how his failed marriage to Loni “drove him and his son apart,” added the source. “Burt was a sensitive, tortured soul and felt forgotten and neglected.”
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Quinton was six when his parents divorced in 1994. Loni moved with the boy to California and the father and son grew distant. During that time, Burt was paying Loni $47,000 a month. Then, after 20 years of squabbling, he wrote a final settlement check for $154,000 in 2015.
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In his final years, Burt was in agony from arthritis and crippling back pain, and niece Nancy became his comfort. But he died regretting “he couldn’t be the father he wanted to be for
Quinton.”
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The Hollywood action man, whose body was cremated, died haunted by how his failed marriage to Loni “drove him and his son apart,” added the source. “Burt was a sensitive, tortured soul and felt forgotten and neglected.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Quinton was six when his parents divorced in 1994. Loni moved with the boy to California and the father and son grew distant. During that time, Burt was paying Loni $47,000 a month. Then, after 20 years of squabbling, he wrote a final settlement check for $154,000 in 2015.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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In his final years, Burt was in agony from arthritis and crippling back pain, and niece Nancy became his comfort. But he died regretting “he couldn’t be the father he wanted to be for
Quinton.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
