The last flight of Lynyrd Skynyrd (repeat)

On This Day Podcast by Dave Schulz

Oct 20, 201710:23Society & Culture

A chartered plane carrying southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in a wooded swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi killing six including lead singer/founding member Ronnie Van Zant On This Day in 1977.

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