Jones conceded that she really fell for him as she worked. There were many detailed discussions about things like the precise length of his mustache. “On one side of my studio I had photos of Burt from all eras,” the sculptor said. Jones’ workspace during the process would make her look like the world’s biggest Reynolds fan. What they ended up with was “more of an interpretation of every decade,” she said.
“He’s worked in every decade, so which decade do we do?” “That was one of the things we talked about, do we do baby Burt, do we do middle-aged Burt, do we do ‘Smokey’ Burt?’” Anderson told The AP. While the bust’s cowboy hat suggests a 1970s Reynolds, it’s designed to look like a more ageless version. Most gathered around the bust to get a close look and take pictures before heading to a screening of a new documentary, “I Am Burt Reynolds,” for a far bigger audience on a nearby cemetery lawn. Guests included actors Stefanie Powers and Ruta Lee. “It’s absolutely beautiful, it’s exactly what we both envisioned,” Quinton Reynolds told The Associated Press after a brief private ceremony where a crowd of several dozen people who were close to Reynolds gathered to mark the occasion. A simple plaque with his name marked the spot.īut Hollywood Forever co-owner Tyler Cassity told them that the many visitors to his grave would appreciate more of a monument, something to look at, to touch, to take photos with. Jones, the artist who made it.Īnderson and her son with Reynolds, Quinton, chose the spot where Reynolds’ cremated remains were laid to rest in February, because it was next to a palm tree and water, which evoked his native Florida. “Yes, he’s made to be touched!” said Caroline P.M. “Anybody else want to touch him?” Loni Anderson, Reynolds’ wife from 1988 to 1994, asked the small crowd that gathered around the sculpture after the unveiling at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
6, 2018, at a hospital in Jupiter, Florida and was cremated a few days later
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