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‘Deliverance’ Actor Herbert Coward, 85, Killed in Car Crash Alongside His Girlfriend and Two Pets

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, whom Burt Reynolds got a role in 1972's 'Deliverance' as the Toothless Man, died in a car crash in North Carolina on Wednesday, according to authorities.

Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, who played Toothless Man in the 1972 film Deliverance, died in a car crash Wednesday, multiple outlets report. A spokesperson for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. The film, directed by John Boorman, also starred Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox.

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