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Singer-actor Jerry Reed, Sept. 1
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. Reed's catalog of country chart hits included, "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down," and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)." In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" and later starred in "The Waterboy."
Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. Reed's catalog of country chart hits included, "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down," and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)." In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" and later starred in "The Waterboy."
