Jerry Reed Dies

Earlier today it was announced Don LaFontaine had died, now another death has occurred. This time actor and singer Jerry Reed has passed away at age 71.

Jerry Reed, a singer who appeared in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies, has died of complications from emphysema at age 71, his longtime booking agent said Tuesday.

Carrie Moore-Reed, who is no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday morning.

Reed was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and actor.

As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, he had a string of hits that included “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “East Bound and Down,” and “The Bird.”

In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as “Smokey and the Bandit” with Burt Reynolds, “Gator” “Hot Stuff” and “High-Ballin’.”

source [foxnews]

Reed also played the football coach alongside Adam Sandler in the 1998 movie The Waterboy.

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