{"id":17953,"date":"2018-09-06T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=17953"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:47:09","slug":"smokey-and-the-bandit-actor-fsu-alum-burt-reynolds-has-died-2","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/smokey-and-the-bandit-actor-fsu-alum-burt-reynolds-has-died-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Smokey And The Bandit&#8217; Actor, FSU Alum Burt Reynolds Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Burt Reynolds has died. His death was confirmed by his agent, who did not have any further details. Reynolds was not only a well-known actor, he was also an alumnus of Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wfsu\/audio\/2018\/09\/BurtReynoldsDies0906v.mp3\" class=\"asset-audio\">Listen to the story!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burt Reynolds is perhaps best known for acting in films, like \u201cSmokey and the Bandit\u201d and \u201cBoogie Nights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he was born in Michigan, he grew up in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds also had a college football career at Florida State University. Before a couple of knee injuries sidelined him, he attended FSU on a football scholarship as a halfback for the Seminoles.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at FSU. Reynolds died Thursday at age 82 at the Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire FSU family is saddened to learn we have lost our good friend Burt Reynolds&#8230;we will miss him dearly,\u201d\u00a0 said FSU President John Thrasher, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more news updates, follow <\/em><strong>Sascha Cordner<\/strong><em> on Twitter:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaschaCordner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>@SaschaCordner<\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":17954,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[136],"tags":[1137,1592,1591,1590,1589,1588,1243,1560],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Smokey And The Bandit&#039; Actor, FSU Alum Burt Reynolds Has Died - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/smokey-and-the-bandit-actor-fsu-alum-burt-reynolds-has-died-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Smokey And The Bandit&#039; Actor, FSU Alum Burt Reynolds Has Died - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Actor Burt Reynolds has died. 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