Taking on bit roles before breaking through with deliverance, the longest yard and the movies in inches probably best known, smoky and the bandit. Reynolds was born in lansing michigan in 1936, february. His family settled in riviera beach, florida after his father returned from the army and a europe. He attended Florida State university, played for the noles on an athletic scholarship. He intended to go pro. His career was cut short by a series of injuries. He briefly contemplated a career in Law Enforcement. A teacher recognized his talent while reading shakespeare and pushed him to acting. That would earn him a Florida State drama award in 1956 which came with a scholarship to hyde park play house. Later, he went on to be known by most americans and people around the world. Burt reynolds dead today at 82. He died. We just learned that from his manager of cardiac arrest. Further details have not been released. When we have them, well bring them to you. The hearings for judge kavanaug
Reporter drawing on his experience as a College Football star to play a prison Team Quarterback in the longest yard. All right, all right reporter and drawing on his hollywood years to shape the role as a panographer with integrity in boogie night. It won him late acclaim, including an oscar nomination, after years away from the headlines. This has been a long journey for me. Im very, very happy. From smoky and the bandit to boogie nights. Burt reynolds will be remembered as a legendary leading man, whose career spanned more than half a century. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. Weve got a little more on this in just a moment. Burt reynolds was 82 years old. Youll know him the from deliverance, the longest yard. He received an oscar nomination for boogie nights in 1997. He lost that to robin williams, who got it for goodwill hu hunting, but it is noteworthy that reynolds was, according to the hollywood reporter, hollywoods top grossing actor every year from 1978 to 1982. And that
Or, at a minimum, the part of the administration where the author works. The problem for the president , it could quite literally be anyone. A senior official tells axios a lot of us were wishing wed been the writer. I suspect, i hope he, trump, knows, maybe he does, that there are dozens and dozens of us. The rampant conjecture has forced the Vice President and cabinet members to publicly deny that they penned the oped, an oped that the president has called treason which has prompted new paranoia in an already paranoid president. Insubordination. It is. But its insubordination born out of loyalty to the country, not to donald trump. This is not sustainable to have an executive branch where individuals are not following the orders of the chief executive. This is a classic case in washington of one mans whistleblower is another mans swamp dweller. It depends where you sit about whether you feel this is dangerous. At the end of the day what you see is just dysfunctionalty in a chain of c
And tonight, the bride to be who says she was assaulted the night before her wedding. She says the resort wanted her to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Now, shes suing. And tonight, sandals responding to amy robach. The close calls. Two separate flights, two landings aborted after the last second. One jet touching the runway before accelerating all over again. And remembering those we lost this year. Lonnie anderson is here tonight on burt reynolds, and some famous names remembering aretha franklin. Good evening. And its great to start another week with all of you at home. And we have several developing stories at this hour. First, that major storm system moving straight across the country, just as millions of americans prepare to travel for the holiday. It comes right after another west to east storm, bringing floods and snow already to the east and triggering those water rescues in the d. C. Metro area. But in the west tonight, fierce waves already kicking up in the San Francisco bay
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