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Burt Reynolds in ICU after catching flu: report

Burt Reynolds has reportedly fallen ill from the flu epidemic sweeping the across the country this winter.

TMZ reports that the mustached actor has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a Florida hospital after coming down with a particularly nasty case.

A rep for Reynolds says he experienced symptoms for several days, but when the symptoms worsened, he went to the hospital.

Doctors say he was “severely dehydrated” when he was admitted to the ICU today, but he is expected to make a full recovery.