Mike Henry, '60s Tarzan and 'Smokey and the Bandit' Star, Dead at 84

Mike Henry, the strapping former football star who became a chiseled Tarzan in three '60s films and later played dim-witted Junior in the "Smokey and the Bandit" films, died January 8. He was 84. Deadline reports the actor, who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for decades, died of the ailment and of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Born August 15, 1938, in L.A., Henry was a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1958-1961) and the L.A. Rams (1962-1964) ahead of being scouted for an acting...