RIP Burt Reynolds

Sailor Steve · 09-10-18, 11:09 AM

Now it's my turn to be shocked. I had no idea Clint Walker was still alive, let alone that he died this year. I also didn't remember that Cheyenne ran for eight years. I remember seeing him on a talk show back in the day, talking about his skiing accident. Someone had given him a get-well card with a cartoon of him with a ski pole wrapped around his neck. He told the host the truth of the matter, which was that the ski pole stabbed him in the heart , but he somehow survived.

I'm sorry he's gone too.

Mr Quatro · 09-10-18, 01:31 PM

Burt was also broke when he died living in his mansion in Florida that he sold three years ago for 3.3 million dollars. The new owner let Burt live there till the day he died.

AVGWarhawk · 09-13-18, 12:44 PM

I watched Smokey and the Bandit 14 times when it was first out in theaters. Like Burt in Deliverance as well. RIP.

09-13-18, 01:10 PM

Alas - as children we liked to see Burt`y in his compressor-breathed TransAm, what fun in front of the TV box in the old GDR.

Eichhörnchen · 09-13-18, 01:45 PM

They didn't mind you watching that in the old GDR?

09-13-18, 02:13 PM

Why should I mind - it has shown me another world.
And as early 20s I am then after the German unification with powerful cars on the old Nazi highway with max. 290 km / h flown.
What an adventure - in the end they were all afraid of what the train looked like through a straw.

Eichhörnchen · 09-13-18, 02:37 PM

No, I meant the authorities.... they did not mind?

I love that last image in your description too: "In the end...." I don't know quite what it means but it is powerfully poetic, Bleiente!

09-10-18, 11:09 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Now it's my turn to be shocked. I had no idea Clint Walker was still alive, let alone that he died this year. I also didn't remember that Cheyenne ran for eight years. I remember seeing him on a talk show back in the day, talking about his skiing accident. Someone had given him a get-well card with a cartoon of him with a ski pole wrapped around his neck. He told the host the truth of the matter, which was that the ski pole stabbed him in the heart , but he somehow survived. I'm sorry he's gone too. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-10-18, 01:31 PM	#2
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Burt was also broke when he died living in his mansion in Florida that he sold three years ago for 3.3 million dollars. The new owner let Burt live there till the day he died. __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I watched Smokey and the Bandit 14 times when it was first out in theaters. Like Burt in Deliverance as well. RIP. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,399 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	They didn't mind you watching that in the old GDR? __________________

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,399 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No, I meant the authorities.... they did not mind? I love that last image in your description too: "In the end...." I don't know quite what it means but it is powerfully poetic, Bleiente! __________________

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Bleiente Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Alas - as children we liked to see Burt`y in his compressor-breathed TransAm, what fun in front of the TV box in the old GDR.

09-13-18, 02:13 PM	#6
Bleiente Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Why should I mind - it has shown me another world. And as early 20s I am then after the German unification with powerful cars on the old Nazi highway with max. 290 km / h flown. What an adventure - in the end they were all afraid of what the train looked like through a straw.