Arguably the best-known and most-loved trucker movie is “Smokey and the Bandit,” and sharing that limelight is its signature song by Jerry Reed, “Eastbound and Down.” The movie, released in 1977, came ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol’ boy actor in car-chase movies such as “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, ...

I just learned that country singer-songwriter and actor Jerry Reed has died. He might not be a familiar name to a lot of younger NPR listeners, but Jerry Reed was one of my childhood heroes, mostly ...

Midland made their CMA Awards debut on Wednesday night (Nov. 14). The country trio performed a cover of the Smokey and the Bandit theme song, "East Bound and Down" by Jerry Reed. The trio's cover was ...

Singer and actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died at the age of 71, reports ABC News on line. Reed died on Monday from complications from emphysema, ending a career ...

Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no ...

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three "Smokey and the Bandit" Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died ...

Jerry Reed, whose roles in three “Smokey and the Bandit” Southern comedy films opposite Burt Reynolds often overshadowed his gifts as a prolific country singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, died ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday. "He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. That's the way I feel ...