Last Sunday... he had recently turned seventy-one last December,

he was the last of the legendary founders of "Lynyrd Skynyrd" to leave us

after another 27 deaths that befell the various members of the southern rock band (man, what a streak of bad luck with misfortunes, tragedies, and losses),

he had undergone heart surgery a couple of years ago.

In the famous plane crash of '77, where three of the original "LS" died, namely singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/singer Steven Earl Gaines, and his sister, backup singer Cassie LaRue Gaines, while the "lucky" Gary was left severely injured with two broken arms, a leg, and a fractured pelvis, stomach and liver perforated,

and now he’s gone, taking with him his “Free Bird,” which he could perform a solo of up to 14 minutes and nothing...

One More Time (Original Version)