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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at 71
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - 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 relation to the star, said Reed...Tags: Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Sony Corp., Contracts, Kenny Rogers
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Singer-actor Jerry Reed dies at the age of 71
The Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- 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 relation to the star, said Reed...Tags: Willie Nelson, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley
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Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed, an actor and singer, has died of emphysema complications at 71. 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...Tags: Willie Nelson, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley
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Jerry Reed, singer and movie actor, 71
The Associated PressJerry 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 relation to the star, said Mr. Reed died early Monday....Tags: Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Movies, Celebrity
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McBride's soaring voice drives a powerful country showing
Special to the Chicago TribuneBefore Carrie, Taylor and Jessica, there was one country artist who had the voice, the personality and the looks. She did everything right. And she's still doing it. At Martina McBride's Saturday night show at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley...Tags: Tinley Park
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Singer, writer, candidate: Kinky Friedman does it all
Special to amNewYorkIt's not easy to pigeonhole Kinky Friedman. The singer-songwriter/detective novelist/politico wears many hats, but is most comfortable covering his dome with a black bull-rider hat. The laid-back humorist, who also established an animal shelter, ran...Tags: Joan Baez, Regional Authority, Texas, Al Gore, Government
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LI ARTS: MUSIC & DANCE
WHAT Composer, arranger and producer Jimmy Webb performs. Webb wrote "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "MacArthur Park," "Up, Up and Away" and "Highwayman" - made a hit in the late 1980s for Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson...Tags: Willie Nelson, Music Theater, Theater, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
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Francesca Hilton just has to laugh
Special to The TimesSHE IS the unknown Hilton. The un-Paris, if you will. For Francesca Hilton, there are no red carpet poses performed before shouting paparazzi, no boutique line of Francesca fragrances, no nervous Chihuahua tucked in her arms. That the 61-year-old didn'...Tags: Jack Nicholson, Celebrity, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, George Sanders, Georgia
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Criss Angel Appears To Risk His Life On A & E; Big-Band Films On TCM
In the first live episode of "Criss Angel Mindfreak" (A&E, 10 p.m.), the long-haired illusionist will be shackled to a six-story building in Florida and try to escape before explosives are detonated and the site implodes — possibly with his career...Tags: Kevin Costner, Glenn Miller, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Pamela Anderson
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April 29, 2008
Question: Country group The Highwaymen included Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash and which other superstar? Answer: Willie Nelson. The singer turns 75 today.Tags: Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
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'A Guitar and a Pen,' edited by Robert Hicks, John Bohlinger and Justin Stelter
A Guitar and a Pen
Stories by Country Music's Greatest Songwriters
Edited by Robert Hicks, John Bohlinger
and Justin Stelter
Center Street: 258 pp., $23.99
O irony of ironies.
Here I spend half my life trying to pass as a member of the...Tags: New Mexico, Patsy Cline, Classical Music, Georgia, Hank Williams
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Carly Simon: Coming around again with 'This Kind of Love'
![CARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang 'You're So Vain' and did such a nice job on it, and Carly [Smithson] was named after me?"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/39358070-30181833.jpg)
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCARLY SIMON isn't the first name you'd expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on " American Idol." "I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice. "How could I not, when this season Brooke White sang...Tags: Music Theater, Brooke White, Warren Beatty, Joni Mitchell, William Styron
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