America's Mustache (Burt Reynolds)
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11/01/23 • 64 min
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This person died in 2018 at age 82. His early passion was for football, and he played halfback at Florida State University. He was part Cherokee. He had an often turbulent career that spanned some 100 films and countless television appearances. He had a volatile temperament, but he himself projected an air of nonchalance and professed not to take his career too seriously. He was a self-mocking charmer with laugh-crinkled dark eyes, a distinctive mustache, and a hairy chest. He had box-office success with films like “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Cannonball Run”. Today’s dead celebrity is Burt Reynolds.
Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com
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LINKS:
New York Times Obituary for Burt Reynolds
“46 years of Burt Reynolds’ Glorious Mustache” in The Washington Post
Burt’s ‘Cosmopolitan’ centerfold in 1972
Clip of Burt Reynolds vs Mark Summers on ‘The Tonight Show’
“Burt Reynolds on Toupees, Trump,...” in GQ
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This person died in 2018 at age 82. His early passion was for football, and he played halfback at Florida State University. He was part Cherokee. He had an often turbulent career that spanned some 100 films and countless television appearances. He had a volatile temperament, but he himself projected an air of nonchalance and professed not to take his career too seriously. He was a self-mocking charmer with laugh-crinkled dark eyes, a distinctive mustache, and a hairy chest. He had box-office success with films like “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Cannonball Run”. Today’s dead celebrity is Burt Reynolds.
Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com
If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 55 “Pure Imagination” (Gene Wilder) and Episode 51 “Goofball Stud” (Bill Paxton)
LINKS:
New York Times Obituary for Burt Reynolds
“46 years of Burt Reynolds’ Glorious Mustache” in The Washington Post
Burt’s ‘Cosmopolitan’ centerfold in 1972
Clip of Burt Reynolds vs Mark Summers on ‘The Tonight Show’
“Burt Reynolds on Toupees, Trump,...” in GQ
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Famous & Gravy official website
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This person died in 2015 at age 93. He was a physically towering British movie actor with distinguished good looks, a Shakespearean voice, and aristocratic presence. His breakthrough film was the horror movie “The Curse of Frankenstein.” Though closely associated with horror, he maintained that of his roughly 250 movie and television roles, only 15 or so had been in horror films. Even into his 70s and 80s, he could strike fear in the hearts of moviegoers. He played the treacherous light-saber-wielding villain Count Dooku in the “Star Wars” series, and the dangerously charismatic wizard Saruman in the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies. Today’s dead celebrity is Christopher Lee.
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Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Visit our website at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our free mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com
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LINKS:
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Politico Obituary for Bill Russell
“The Unparalleled Legacy of Bill Russell” from the Ringer
“Boston’s Checkered History with its Greatest Sports Icon” from CNN Opinion
ESPN’s list of Top Athletes in 20th Century
5 celebrities the late Bill Russell gave the middle finger to
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