On October 20, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s chartered Convair 240 aircraft crashed into a wooded swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi They were en route from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a concert The plane ran out of fuel due to mechanical failures and pilot errors, resulting in the deaths of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve’s sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William G
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On October 20, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s chartered Convair 240 aircraft crashed into a wooded swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi They were en route from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a concert The plane ran out of fuel due to mechanical failures and pilot errors, resulting in the deaths of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines (Steve’s sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William G
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