Editing Burt Reynolds (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds.jpg|thumb|Reynolds and [[Loni Anderson]] at the [[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1991.]]
Reynolds in college "was so good-looking, I used him as bait," college roommate [[Lee Corso]] recalled. "He'd walk across campus and bring back two girls, one beautiful and one ugly; I got the ugly girl. His ugly girlfriends were better than anyone I could get on my own."<ref name="woods20151002">{{Cite magazine|last=Woods|first=Sean|date=October 2, 2015|title=Lee Corso's Life Advice|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/features/lee-corsos-life-advice-20151002/|magazine=Men's Journal|language=en-US|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=May 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519102340/https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/lee-corsos-life-advice-20151002|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Marriages and long-term relationships===
Reynolds was married to English actress [[Judy Carne]] from 1963 to 1965. He lived with actress [[Miko Mayama]] from 1968 to 1971.<ref>Reynolds, Burt. ''But Enough About Me'' pages 108–109</ref> He and American singer-actress [[Dinah Shore]] (20 years his senior) were in a relationship from early 1971 until 1975.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dinah, Ageless, Is Reveling in Her 60s|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/26/style/dinah-ageless-is-reveling-in-her-60-s.html|author=Klemesrud, Judy|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 26, 1981|access-date=September 7, 2018|archive-date=September 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015856/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/26/style/dinah-ageless-is-reveling-in-her-60-s.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the mid-1970s, Reynolds briefly dated singer [[Tammy Wynette]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124540180 Tammy Wynette: The 'Tragic Country Queen'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101234257/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124540180 |date=November 1, 2019 }} NPR.org, March 14, 2010, accessed October 5, 2019</ref>

He had a relationship from 1976 to 1980 (then off-and-on until 1982) with American actress [[Sally Field]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/movies/angie-dickinson-says-burt-reynolds-wounded-over-sally-field/|title=Burt Reynolds Was 'Wounded' Over Sally Field Breakup, Says Friend Angie Dickinson|author=McNeil, Liz|work=People|date=September 14, 2018|access-date=September 15, 2018|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084705/https://people.com/movies/angie-dickinson-says-burt-reynolds-wounded-over-sally-field/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Armstrong, Lois|title=Burt & Sally In Love|website=People|date=April 23, 1979|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-burt-sally-in-love-vol-11-no-16/|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514092024/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073466,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> during which time they appeared together in four films. In 2016, he regarded Field as the love of his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a23100864/sally-field-burt-reynolds-relationship-memoir/|last=Friedman|first=Megan|date=December 13, 2019|title=Why Sally Field Was "Glad" Burt Reynolds Never Got the Chance to Read Her Memoir|work=[[Good Housekeeping]]|access-date=December 26, 2021|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226222501/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a23100864/sally-field-burt-reynolds-relationship-memoir/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Reynolds was married to American actress [[Loni Anderson]] from 1988 to 1994. They have a son, Quinton.<ref>"Burt and Loni, and Baby Makes Glee", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', September 3, 1988.</ref> He and Anderson separated after he became infatuated with a cocktail waitress, Pam Seals, with whom he later traded lawsuits, which were settled out of court.<ref name=abc />

===Business endeavors===

====Professional sports====
A lifelong fan of [[American football|football]], he once told [[Johnny Carson]] on ''[[The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' he would rather have played in the [[NFL]] than win an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]. Reynolds was a minority owner of the [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] of the [[United States Football League|USFL]] from 1982 to 1986.<ref>{{cite news|last=McEwen|first=Tom|date=March 14, 1986|title=Reynolds fades from Bandits' picture|page=5-C|work=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499261/reynolds_fades_from_bandits_picture/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032333/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499261/reynolds_fades_from_bandits_picture/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mizell|first=Hubert|date=December 4, 1982|title=For a series non-participant, Burt sure gives a hoot|page=C1|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> The team's name was inspired by the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' trilogy and [[Skoal (tobacco)#Bandits and Pouches|Skoal Bandit]], a primary sponsor for the team as a result of also sponsoring Reynolds' motor racing team.<ref>{{cite news|date=May 13, 1983|title=Don't bet on it|page=B5|work=[[The Journal News]]|location=White Plains, New York}}</ref>

Reynolds co-owned a [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup Series]] team, [[Mach 1 Racing]], with [[Hal Needham]], which ran the No. 33 Skoal Bandit car with driver [[Harry Gant]].<ref>{{cite news|date=June 10, 1983|title=Bandit to visit Cherokee|page=12|work=[[The Gaffney Ledger]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499363/bandit_to_visit_cherokee/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032344/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499363/bandit_to_visit_cherokee/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref>

====Restaurants and dinner theater====
During the late 1970s, Reynolds opened Burt's Place, a nightclub restaurant in the [[CNN Center|Omni International Complex]] in [[Atlanta]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/life/epic-downtown-development-failure-still-remembered-fondly/ZGHVZPCOTNFHDB3P7K3HCT65YA/|title=Epic downtown development failure still remembered fondly|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|last1=Boone|first1=Christian|access-date=February 8, 2023|archive-date=February 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208015809/https://www.ajc.com/life/epic-downtown-development-failure-still-remembered-fondly/ZGHVZPCOTNFHDB3P7K3HCT65YA/|url-status=live}}</ref> in the [[Hotel District]] of [[Downtown Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pecannelog.com/2010/10/05/the-swing-of-things-at-burts-place/|title=The swing of things at Burt's Place|publisher=Pecannelog.com|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=November 8, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119195907/http://pecannelog.com/2010/10/05/the-swing-of-things-at-burts-place/|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref> The establishment closed after a year. ("Burt's Place" also was the name of a building that was part of the guest house complex at Reynolds' [[Tequesta, Florida]] estate in [[Palm Beach County, Florida]].)<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" />

He also owned the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre in Jupiter, Florida, with an emphasis on training young performers trying to enter show business.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=April 22, 1983|title=Burt Reynolds is happy at 48|page=4D|work=[[Messenger-Inquirer]]|location=Owensboro, Kentucky|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499178/burt_reynolds_is_happy_at_48/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032313/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23499178/burt_reynolds_is_happy_at_48/|url-status=live}} {{free access}}</ref> The theater opened in 1979 and was later renamed the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theater. Reynolds operated it until 1989 and leased it until 1996. It had a series of ownership changes until becoming the [[Maltz Jupiter Theatre]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Theatre History|url=https://www.jupitertheatre.org/theatre-history|website=Maltz Jupiter Theatre|access-date=May 8, 2023|archive-date=May 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508131850/https://www.jupitertheatre.org/theatre-history|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1984, he opened a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, named Burt & Jacks, which he co-owned with Jack Jackson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-21/features/8702230384_1_burt-reynolds-port-director-clan-reunion|title=Bash At Burt & Jack's Like A Family Reunion|date=June 21, 1987|work=Sun Sentinel|access-date=September 7, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907020625/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-06-21/features/8702230384_1_burt-reynolds-port-director-clan-reunion|url-status=dead}}</ref> The restaurant was defunct at the time of his death.<ref name="Florida Today">{{cite web|last1=Sangalang|first1=Jennifer|title=Burt Reynolds and his many ties to Florida|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-florida/1215362002/|website=floridatoday.com|publisher=Florida Today|access-date=August 15, 2023|archive-date=August 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815030907/https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-florida/1215362002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Partnering with [[Killen Music Group]] owner [[Buddy Killen]], Reynolds invested in [[Po' Folks (restaurant)|Po' Folks]], a chain of country-cooking, family-style restaurants located in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas.<ref name="Florida Today" /> The chain, which was named after a [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] song, along with subsequent Killen-Reynolds investment in another Southern restaurant chain, failed.<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" />

===Personal bankruptcy===
During the height of his movie career, Reynolds made as much as $10 million a year. However, he proved to be a poor businessman.

Along with music industry executive [[Buddy Killen]], who produced his 1973 [[country and western music|country and western]]/[[easy listening music|easy listening]] [[sound recording|album]] ''[[Ask Me What I Am]]'', Reynolds invested in [[Po' Folks (restaurant)|Po' Folks]], a Southern regional restaurant chain named after a [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] song. As Po' Folks failed, Reynolds and Killen invested in another regional chain, Daisy's Diner, which also failed. Reynolds had invested the capital as an individual, not as a corporate investment, and was responsible personally for the liabilities when Po' Folks and the Daisy's Diner failed. In all, his investments in the [[Restaurants|restaurant industry]] resulted in losses of $20 million.<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" />

Reynolds suffered a steep decrease of his career earnings after the cancellation of ''[[Evening Shade]]'', as his popularity waned due to bad publicity from his divorce from [[Loni Anderson]], which became [[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]] fodder. His decrease of earnings as an actor plus the great expense of his divorce settlement, child support and alimony payments to Anderson caused a cash depletion by the mid-1990s.<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" />

[[CBS]], the network that produced ''Evening Shade'' and managed the program's syndication, sued him for failing to repay a $3.7 million loan in 1996.<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" /> Subsequently, he filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy, due in part to an extravagant lifestyle, a divorce from [[Loni Anderson]] and failed investments in restaurant chains.<ref>Laura J. Margulies (2008), "[http://www.law-margulies.com/CM/BankruptcyArticles/BankruptcyArticles3.asp Famous Bankruptcies]" ({{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330001759/http://www.law-margulies.com/CM/BankruptcyArticles/BankruptcyArticles3.asp |date=March 30, 2013}}).</ref><ref name=EW>Gary Eng Walk (October 7, 1998), "[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83772,00.html Burt Reynolds closes the book on Chapter 11] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207020333/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,83772,00.html |date=December 7, 2008 }}", ''Entertainment Weekly''</ref>  Reynolds emerged from bankruptcy two years later.<ref name=abc />

During his bankruptcy proceedings, Reynolds listed $6.65 million in assets against debts totaling $11.2 million.<ref name="Vanity Fair 2016" />

On August 16, 2011, [[Merrill Lynch]] Credit Corporation filed foreclosure papers, claiming Reynolds owed US$1.2 million on his home in [[Hobe Sound, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Burt Reynolds faces being thrown out of home|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8705621/Burt-Reynolds-faces-being-thrown-out-of-home.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8705621/Burt-Reynolds-faces-being-thrown-out-of-home.html|archive-date=January 10, 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=August 16, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Until its sale during bankruptcy,<ref>{{cite news|last=Lipka|first=Mitch|title=Burt Reynolds Needs Deliverance|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-04-03/news/9804020478_1_reynolds-personal-bankruptcy-reynolds-film-million-dollars|access-date=April 28, 2014|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|date=April 3, 1998|archive-date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080119/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-04-03/news/9804020478_1_reynolds-personal-bankruptcy-reynolds-film-million-dollars|url-status=dead}}</ref> he owned the Burt Reynolds Ranch, where scenes for ''Smokey and the Bandit'' were filmed and which once had a petting zoo. In April 2014, the 153-acre (62&nbsp;ha) rural property was rezoned for residential use and the [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] school system was empowered to sell it, which it did to the residential developer [[Hovnanian Enterprises|K. Hovnanian Homes]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Capozzi|first=Joe|title=Old Burt Reynolds Ranch: Changes OK'd to allow 30-home development|url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/old-burt-reynolds-ranch-changes-okd-to-allow-30-ho/nfj3T/|access-date=April 28, 2014|newspaper=Palm Beach Post|date=April 28, 2014}}</ref>

===Health problems===
Reynolds suffered from [[hypoglycemia]], which he discussed publicly on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''.<ref name="Carson Show">{{cite web|title=JOHNNY CARSON INTERVIEW BURT REYNOLDS Oct 02 1973|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrKJZMq29I|website=YouTube|date=May 2020|publisher=ZANY|access-date=August 14, 2023|archive-date=August 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814191614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrKJZMq29I|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Independent">{{cite web|last1=Hayward|first1=Anthony|title=Burt Reynolds obituary: Charismatic star known for having fun both on and off the screen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/burt-reynolds-death-boogie-nights-longest-yard-smokey-bandit-deliverance-obituary-a8526561.html|website=independent.uk.co|date=September 7, 2018|publisher=The Independent|access-date=August 13, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813191127/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/burt-reynolds-death-boogie-nights-longest-yard-smokey-bandit-deliverance-obituary-a8526561.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During his numerous appearances on ''The Tonight Show'', Reynolds also told Johnny Carson that he suffered from [[Generalized anxiety disorder|anxiety]].

The [[Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures]] awarded the Richard "Diamond" Farnsworth Award to Reynolds in 2015.<ref name="The Independent" /> [[Richard Farnsworth]] was a stunt man who made the transition into a successful acting career. Having performed stunts early during his career, the debilitating health problems of an aging stunt man was central to the storyline of Reynolds' 1978 movie ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]'', which is subtitled on the poster "The Greatest Stuntman Alive."

Reynolds, who said he was a card-carrying member of the [[stunt performers]] guild, often performed his own stunts in movies, such as the fall over the waterfall in ''[[Deliverance (film)|Deliverance]]'', where he injured his [[coccyx]].<ref name="Carson Show" /> He also had to be operated on for a [[hernia]] that resulted from a fight scene in ''[[The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing]]''.<ref name="The Independent" />

His worst on-set injury occurred while filming ''[[City Heat]]'' in 1984, Reynolds was struck in the face with a metal chair on the first day of filming, which resulted in [[temporomandibular joint dysfunction]]. He was restricted to a liquid diet and lost 30 pounds from not eating. The [[Analgesic|painkillers]] he was prescribed resulted in addiction, which lasted several years.

He underwent back surgery in 2009 and a quintuple [[coronary artery bypass surgery]] in February 2010.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|author=Fisher|first=Luchina|date=August 18, 2011|title=Burt Reynolds On His Money Woes|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/burt-reynolds-bottoms-florida-foreclosure/story?id=14324008|access-date=October 25, 2017|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|archive-date=June 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626184701/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/burt-reynolds-bottoms-florida-foreclosure/story?id=14324008|url-status=live}}</ref>