Jerry Reed, whose roles in three Smokey and the Bandit Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist> Reed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking ...

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jerry Reed, who was among the first country musicians to make the leap to Hollywood, died Monday of complications from emphysema. He was 71. Reed became a country ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71, ending a career that took him from writing hit songs like "When You're Hot, ...

"I'm doing pretty well for an old lady," joked 80-year-old Las Vegas resident Deena Kaye Rose while speaking with The Tennessean early on a Monday morning in March. For the past five decades, Rose has ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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 today. Carrie Moore-Reed ...