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'Sweet Home Alabama' actor Bob Penny dead at 87

On the TV side, he made appearances in a number of independent films and TV shows, including seven episodes of the NBC (and then CBS) drama series In the Heat of the Night, starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard E. Rollins Jr

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Bob Penny. Photo/Twitter

Bob Penny. Photo/Twitter

Poet-professor Bob Penny who after retirement appeared in small parts in projects including 'Forrest Gump', 'Sweet Home Alabama' and the TV series 'In the Heat of the Night', died aged 87 on December 25.

According to Deadline, a US-based news outlet, his death was announced on the website of Huntsville's Laughlin Service Funeral Home & Crematory. No cause of death was given.

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