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I might fall from a tall building so Burt Reynolds don’t get hurt,
I might leap a mighty canyon so he can kiss and flirt.
While that smooth talker’s kissin’ my girl I’m just kissin’ dirt,
Yes, I’m the lonely stuntman that made a lover out of Burt
…

I wasn’t going to mention the death of Burt Reynolds, that is until reader Russell Lichter pointed out that Reynolds actually had a music recording career.

In 1973, Reynolds released the album called Ask Me What I Am. And what’s even funnier is in the review for Jeff Bridges, we wrote in Sep 2011: “Did you know that Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Kevin Costner have all released country albums? (Neither did I.)”

I guess when Eastwood or Costner die, we’ll add them to our growing musician death.

Reynolds died on September 6, 2018, to a heart attack. He was 82.

Below are more recent deaths – for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2018.

September (14)

[07 Sep 2018] Mac Miller (American rapper, singer and record producer), 26, drug overdose

[07 Sep 2018] Donald McGuire (American singer for The Hilltoppers), 86

[07 Sep 2018] Sheng Zhongguo (Chinese violinist), 77, heart attack

[06 Sep 2018] Burt Reynolds (American actor and musician), 82, heart attack

[06 Sep 2018] Wilson Moreira (Brazilian sambista, singer and songwriter), 81

[06 Sep 2018] Philippe Eidel (French music producer, writer and film music composer), 61

[06 Sep 2018] Claudio Scimone (Italian conductor), 83

[05 Sep 2018] Richard Bateman (American bass player for Nasty Savage)

[04 Sep 2018] Roman Mayboroda (Ukrainian opera singer), 75

[04 Sep 2018] Elisa Serna (Spanish protest singer-songwriter), 75

[03 Sep 2018] Katyna Ranieri (Italian singer and actress on Captain Phantom), 93

[02 Sep 2018] Conway Savage (Australian rock keyboardist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), 58, brain tumour