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Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer Robert Lewis Burns Jr. Dies in Car Crash at 64
See how the last original member honored Burns
Robert Lewis Burns Jr., the original drummer in Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in a car crash Friday. He was 64.
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Burns' vehicle went off the road when approaching a curve in Georgia shortly before midnight, state police told the local Fox affiliate. According to police, Burns hit a mailbox and tree, and he wasn't wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.
Burns was a founding member of the rock band in the '60s. He left the group in 1974, only a few years before lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines were killed in a 1977 plane crash.
Guitarist Gary Rossington, the remaining original member in Lynyrd Skynyrd, remembered Burns on Facebook Saturday.
Well, today I'm at a loss for words, but I just remember Bob being a funny guy. He was just so funny, he used to do...
Posted by Lynyrd Skynyrd on Saturday, April 4, 2015