Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd<\/a>\u2019s final surviving authentic member who additionally helped discovered the group, died Sunday on the age of 71. No reason for dying was given.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,\u201d the band wrote on Facebook. \u201cGary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does. Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family\u2019s privacy at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRead extra: <\/span> Rossington cheated dying greater than as soon as, Rolling Stone reported. He survived a automobile accident in 1976 through which he drove his Ford Torino right into a tree, inspiring the band\u2019s cautionary tune That Smell.<\/em> A 12 months later, he emerged from the 1977 aircraft crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, with two damaged arms, a damaged leg and a punctured abdomen and liver.<\/p>\n Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cIt was a devastating thing,\u201d he instructed Rolling Stone in 2006. \u201cYou can\u2019t just talk about it real casual and not have feelings about it.\u201d<\/p>\n In later years, Rossington underwent quintuple bypass surgical procedure in 2003, suffered a coronary heart assault in 2015 and had quite a few subsequent coronary heart surgical procedures, most not too long ago leaving Lynyrd Skynyrd in July 2021 to get well from one other process. At latest exhibits, Rossington would carry out parts of the live performance and generally sat out full gigs.<\/p>\n \n\t\tTrending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tUse of Tragically Hip\u2019s music at CPC occasion causes social media conflict<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n \n\t\t\t\tCanada\u2019s banks brace for doable wave of mortgage defaults. Why that issues<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n Rossington was born Dec. 4, 1951, in Jacksonville, Fla., and was raised by his mom after his father died. Upon assembly drummer Bob Burns and bassist Larry Junstrom, Rossington and his new mates shaped a band, which they tried to juggle amid their love of baseball.<\/p>\n According to Rolling Stone, it was throughout a fateful Little League recreation, Ronnie Van Zant hit a line drive into the shoulder blades of opposing participant Bob Burns and met his future bandmates. Rossington, Burns, Van Zant and guitarist Allen Collins gathered that afternoon at Burns\u2019 Jacksonville house to jam the Rolling Stone\u2019s Time Is on My Side.<\/em><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")
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