Ryan Reynolds' Twitter tribute to Burt Reynolds is as perfect as you'd expect

In the hours since the news broke that actor Burt Reynolds has passed away at the age of 82, a number of celebrities have paid tribute to the star on social media.

One of the latest to pay their respects is Ryan Reynolds -- and he did so in classic Ryan Reynolds fashion.

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"He did it first," wrote Reynolds in a tweet posted Thursday night. "And best. And naked."

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The top picture in that tweet is Burt Reynolds posing for a 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan, in which he became the magazine's "first male nude centerfold".

His legacy lives on.

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