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AP - Leonard Skinner, the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died in Florida. He was 77.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd Tragedy
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On this day in 1977, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd were all killed along with manager Dean Kilpatrick when their rented plane ran out of fuel and crashed into a densely wooded thicket in the middle of a swamp in Gillsburg, Missouri
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: and Corey Taylor To Rock ZZ Top's La Grange Fest
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ZZ Top will host the La Grange Fest, their very own music festival, later this month in Austin, TX and they have announced another special guest: Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: Johnny Van Zant Hospitalized
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Health issues involving Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant have forced the band to postpone or cancel a number of shows
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: New Lynyrd Skynyrd Coming
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Lynyrd Skynyrd are hard at work on crafting a new album
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Lynyrd Skynyrd: hope to enter studio in November
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Reuters - Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd are "just getting started" on a new album, their follow-up to 2009's "God & Guns," according to frontman Johnny Van Zant.
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