Article: ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS HAS LOCAL ROOTS, BUT HE WAS BORN IN LANING, MICH.

Eliot Kleinberg
The Palm Beach Post
06-28-2000
ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS HAS LOCAL ROOTS, BUT HE WAS BORN IN LANING, MICH.
BYLINE: Eliot Kleinberg
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MEMO: Palm Beach Gardens / North Palm Beach

Q: Was Burt Reynolds born in Palm Beach County?

A: The man who may be the area's most famous celebrity wasn't even born in Florida. In fact, despite making his reputation in good-old-boy car movies, he wasn't even born in the South. Burton Leon "Buddy" Reynolds Jr. was born in Lansing, Mich., although some Hollywood reports place it in Waycross, Ga., where he lived as a small child before his parents moved to Palm Beach County. His father, ...