# RIP Snowman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723 "2008-09-02T18:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/1 "2008-09-02T18:19:25Z")

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Jerry Reed has [died](http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/obit.reed.ap/index.html).

I always liked him. ☹

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/2 "2008-09-02T18:33:00Z")

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Aw, shit! I liked him too. I had a little crush on him when the Bandit movies came out. Even saw him in concert once. Though I admit I wasn’t exactly raring to go, I had a good time.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/3 "2008-09-02T18:33:04Z")

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Well crap. See ya on the flip side Jerry.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/4 "2008-09-02T22:14:05Z")

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Af-ter-life bound …

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/5 "2008-09-02T22:20:48Z")

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Check youtube for some of his guitar playing in his younger days. Damn, he could really play.

RIP

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/6 "2008-09-02T23:36:43Z")

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Jerry Reed was a funny man and quite likely the best fingerstyle guitarist of all time. I will miss him deeply for both qualities.

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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/7 "2008-09-03T03:01:33Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> Check youtube for some of his guitar playing in his younger days. Damn, he could really play.
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> RIP

They didn’t call him the “Claw” for nothing.

That man could play.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-snowman/461723/8 "2008-09-03T12:06:07Z")

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These death announcements always make me feel old! I was just in my teens when Smokey and the Bandit came out.