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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies
Jerry Reed, whom I remember well from the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies and led the way for singers also to perform in movies, has died.
His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday of complications from emphysema at age 71.
Reed and Kris Kristofferson paved the way for Nashville music personalities to make inroads into films. He was a gifted guitarist who later became a songwriter, singer and actor, according to the Associated Press.
Among my favorite Reed songs were “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “East Bound and Down” (best remembered from the “Smokey and the Bandit” series) and while not as popular, I enjoyed “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft).”
And here’s Jerry Reed in a Scooby-Doo cartoon (too bad I can’t find a clip of him in “The Waterboy”) …
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