THE last surviving member of legendary American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has passed away.
Gary Rossington, the lead guitarist who started with the band in 1964, died on Sunday, a spokesperson confirmed. He was 71.
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“It 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,” the band wrote in a statement.
“Gary 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’s privacy at this difficult time.”
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No details were provided about his cause of death.
Rossington went down in history for surviving a horrific 1977 plane crash that stole to lives of four fellow bandmates, including frontman Ronnie Van Zant.
The tragic announcement came just a year and a half after the guitarist suffered a terrifying health scare that resulted in emergency surgery.
On July 23, 2021, the band announced that Rossington was recovering from a heart procedure.
“After this past year, the country being shut down and everything we have all been thru, The Rossington’s encouraged the band to go perform in his absence,” the band wrote at the time.
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