{"id":1868776,"date":"2023-03-06T00:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T05:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-dies-age-71\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T00:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T05:14:36","slug":"gary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-dies-age-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-dies-age-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Rossington, founding Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dies age 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-dies-age-71%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1868776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78076799\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Reporter's Notebook: Is Biden effectively preparing Democrats for debt ceiling battle \">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Washington Examiner White House Reporter Naomi Lim joins Jim Antle to discuss President Biden's recent meetings with congressional Democrats and how he is preparing them for the coming debt ceiling battle. But is it enough \">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M25S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-03 19:46:33\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1253546_th_1677873089.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1253546.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78076799\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1253546\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">G<\/span>ary Rossington, one <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/kid-rock-lynyrd-skynyrd-playing-gop-convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lynyrd Skynyrd&#8217;s<\/a> Members who were founding <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has died<\/a> At the age of 71 the band made Sunday&#8217;s announcement. <\/p>\n<p>Rossington is well-known for using his slide guitar to perform the song &#8220;The Band&#8217;s Most Popular Song&#8221;. &#8220;Free Bird,&#8221; Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s final surviving member. The famous plane crash of 1977 that killed him was his last. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/lynyrdskynyrd.com\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that killed<\/a> Ronnie Van Zant (band members) and Steve Gaines (backup singer Cassie Gaines, Steve&#8217;s sibling), Dean Kilpatrick (road manager), and both pilots. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/hbos-sexploitation-is-a-workers-rights-travesty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPINION: HBO&#8217;S SEXPLOITATION IS A WORKERS&#8217; RIGHTS TRAVESTY<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd was at KAABOO Texas AT&#038;T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday May 11, 2019. Photo by Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\"> Amy Harris\/Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;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. Gary is now with his Skynyrd brothers and family in heaven and playing it pretty, like he always does,&#8221; The band <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LynyrdSkynyrd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Facebook &#8220;Please keep Dale, Mary, Annie and the entire Rossington family in your prayers and respect the family&#8217;s privacy at this difficult time.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Rossington was born on January 31, 1951 in Jacksonville, Florida. His future bandmates, and the rest of his adult life would follow him while playing Little League baseball. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd-dead-1209960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per<\/a> <i>Rolling Stone<\/i>. Through years of change, tragedy, success and failure, this is what th<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/gary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-guitarist-dies\">Gary Rossington, founding Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dies age 71<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Rossington, one Lynyrd Skynyrd&#8217;s Members who were founding has died At the age of 71 the band made Sunday&#8217;s announcement. Rossington is well-known for using his slide guitar to perform the song &#8220;The Band&#8217;s Most Popular Song&#8221;. &#8220;Free Bird,&#8221; Lynyrd Skynyrd\u2019s final surviving member. 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