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SI.com · Sep 6, 2018

'The Longest Yard' Star Burt Reynolds Dies at 82

Former movie star and Florida State running back Burt Reynolds died at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida on Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 82.

Reynolds played the role of quarterback Paul Crewe in The Longest Yard, which was a 1974 film about a former pro QB playing on a prison football team. He also appeared in the 2005 remake starring Adam Sandler.

While the original Longest Yard was Reynolds' most famous sports role, it wasn't his last. Reynolds played a professional football player in Semi-Tough in 1977 and a NASCAR driver in Stroker Ace in 1983. He also starred in The Cannonball Run, a 1981 film about an illegal cross-country race through the United States.

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