Alfie Wise dead: Burt Reynold's pal and Smokey and the Bandit star dies

Actor Alfie Wise has died, aged 82, it's been announced. He's remembered for his roles in films like Smokey and the Bandit, which starred his late pal Burt Reynolds.

It's been reported that Alfie died from natural causes at a medical facility in Florida two weeks ago. The news was shared with the Hollywood Reporter by his fiancée Stephanie Bliss.

Alfie had a decades-long career in acting before retiring 25 years ago. He appeared alongside Burt in several projects, including Hooper (1978), Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and City Heat (1984).

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He's said to have retired from the industry in 2000. Alfie's last acting credit the show Miami 7, which starred S Club 7. He played Howard Borlotti, who owned the hotel in Miami where the fictionalised versions of the bandmates worked.

Burt died, aged 82, in 2018. The news of his friend's death comes after it was announcedrecently that Burt's ex-wife Loni Anderson had died, aged 79, following a "prolonged" illness.

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