Our Favorite Tweets Honoring The Late Burt Reynolds
Sep 6, 2018, 1:58 PM | Updated: 1:58 pm
FILE - In this March 12, 2016 file photo, actor Burt Reynolds appears at the world premiere of "The Bandit" during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Reynolds, who starred in films including "Deliverance," "Boogie Nights," and the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, died at age 82, according to his agent. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
(Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Burt Reynolds passed away Thursday, according to his agent, Todd Eisner.
The actor, famously known for his mustache, was 82.
Twitter almost immediately became a memorial for Burt, with celebrities and civilians alike celebrating a career that spanned decades and genres.
Here are some of our favorite Tweets honoring the legend that is Burt Reynolds
People remembered his accomplishments
R.I.P. Burt Reynolds, underrated as a dramatic actor (Deliverance), underrated as a director (Sharkey’s Machine), but also a rare movie star that seemed to be just having an absolute ball onscreen. Nobody broke frame with a bigger gleam in his eye. “Just watch ol’ Bandit run.” pic.twitter.com/L4NlRyqahb
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) September 6, 2018
And shared their personal stories
I met Burt Reynolds a few times in my childhood. He seemed like someone who took worldwide fame very lightly, which is the only sane response to that sort of thing.
May his memory be a blessing to his family.
— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) September 6, 2018
Artists shared their Reynolds renditions
“All you really have in the end are your stories.” — Burt Reynolds
Rest in peace, Burt Reynolds.Art by NachoCastro: https://t.co/QY150KjMJT#BurtReynolds #InMemoriam #TraditionalArt pic.twitter.com/PRP5UEoEyb
— DeviantArt (@DeviantArt) September 6, 2018
He was celebrated for films
Burt Reynolds, the man who made Trans-Ams cool, is dead at 82 https://t.co/a8KDCg7ysj pic.twitter.com/KTNxkgbNmi
— Jalopnik (@Jalopnik) September 6, 2018
For television
Movie star Burt Reynolds, who also won an Emmy award for best lead actor in a comedy for “Evening Shade,” has died at the age of 82. | https://t.co/E6LrjESbz4 pic.twitter.com/HkACin9R5Q
— WCCO – CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) September 6, 2018
For video games
RIP Burt Reynolds, known to GTA fans for his performance as Avery Carrington in GTA Vice City and Liberty City Stories. pic.twitter.com/S9bHCbgtKg
— GTA Series Videos (@GTASeries) September 6, 2018
And, yes, for his mustache
BURT REYNOLDS YOU HAVE THE 2ND BEST MOUSTACHE ON EARTH AND I LOVE YOU FOREVER. GOD BLESS YOU pic.twitter.com/C4WEiAZT4S
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) September 6, 2018
He was remembered among political types
#RIP legend Burt Reynolds. In this 12/1/85 photo, Burt Reynolds poses with President and Mrs. Reagan at NBC’s “All Star Tribute to Dutch Reagan” with Emmanuel Lewis, Charlton Heston, Ben Vereen, Monty Hall, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Vin Scully. pic.twitter.com/EqZHon5irK
— Reagan Foundation (@ronaldreagan40) September 6, 2018
And especially remembered for that photo in Cosmopolitan
We’ll let you search for that one on your own.
The man truly was a legend
In honor of Burt Reynolds passing do we need drink Coors tonight? pic.twitter.com/5y7wEuCFeR
— Alan (@Alguz) September 6, 2018
You can be cool but you’ll never be Burt Reynolds cool. RIP Bandit.
— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) September 6, 2018
I love Burt Reynolds. To celebrate his life, I encourage you to make this recipe from the Evening Shade cookbook that I got from Evening Shade, AR (where my grandparents live) pic.twitter.com/f7XZRGfTYM
— Jacob Oller (@JacobOller) September 6, 2018
Nobody had more fun than he did
“And there’s one thing they can never take away: Nobody had more fun than I did.” – Burt Reynolds
RIP #22 pic.twitter.com/xX9aclZlJw— Ralph Garman (@RalphGarman) September 6, 2018
Rest in peace, Burt.
