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  1. She noted that, eerily, Van Zant's only connection to Mississippi was that he would ultimately die there. [10] Van Zant's younger brother, Johnny, took over as the new lead singer when the band reunited in 1987.

  2. Jun 13, 2022 · Ronnie Van Zant always had a feeling that he’d die young. The Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman mentioned his premonition to multiple people, even telling a bandmate in Tokyo that he wouldn’t live to see 30. Then, 87 days before his 30th birthday, Van Zant died in a shocking plane crash.

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  3. Jan 15, 2023 · Ronnie always had a feeling that he’d die young and mentioned his premonition to multiple people, including his father, once telling a bandmate that he wouldn’t live to see 30. By October 20, 1977, their songs had become radio staples and their ambitious new tour, just days underway, saw sellout crowds.

  4. Nov 15, 2016 · Not only were Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young tremendous fans of each other’s work, there were actually plans to collaborate on “Powderfinger,” written by Young specifically for Lynyrd Skynyrd shortly before the October 20, 1977 crash that ultimately claimed the lives of Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie Gaines, and Steve Gaines.

  5. Ronnie Van Zant was the lead singer of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who loved a good bar brawl—and ominously predicted his own fiery demise.

  6. Jul 6, 2020 · As the Houston Press reports, the crash took Van Zant's life, as well as the lives of band member Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie; and Dean Kilpatrick, the assistant road manager. The pilot and co-pilot also died; 20 others aboard lived.

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  8. Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, Captain Walter McCreary and First Officer William John Gray all died as a result of the crash, while twenty others survived. [5]