On this day October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States. Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination. Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), as
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Songs That Should Not Work on Instagram: "48 years ago — October 20, 1977 — the world lost Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their chartered Convair CV-240 ran out of fuel and crashed in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick, and both pilots. The rest of the band survived, but Southern rock would never be the same. Just months earlier, they had released Street Survivors — an album that eerily featured the band surrounded by flames on its cover.
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