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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John Gerome / The Bulletin
September 3, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol’ boy actor in car chase movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” died early Monday of complications from emphysema at 71.
Sony BMG Nashville Chairman Joe Galante called Reed a larger-than-life....