Brock Yates Dead: 'Cannonball Run' Screenwriter Was 82

The automotive journalist created the cross-country event on which the film is based and penned the script for another Burt Reynolds film, 'Smokey and the Bandit II.'

Brock Yates: 1933-2016

Brock Yates, who wrote hit movie 'The Cannonball Run,' dead at 82

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Brock Yates, who wrote hit movie 'The Cannonball Run,' dead at 82

Brock Wendel Yates (1933-2016): homenaje de Find a Grave

Racing loses two special contributors

Enzo Ferrari : The Man and the Machine book by Brock Yates

Brock Yates, wrote hit film 'The Cannonball Run,' dies at 82

Brock Yates, 82

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Brock Yates Crosses the Finish Line

Brock Yates Chronicled Enzo Ferrari and the Cannonball Run