Whether or not he hated Boogie Nights is irrelevant, maybe it was that tension that worked for him. PT gave him his best role and probably would have continued working with him if Burt didn't keep badmouthing him. Supposedly the role of Jimmy Gator in Magnolia was written for Burt but given to Philip Baker Hall after the fallout.
Anyway, goodbye to the man I'll always associate as the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit.