Read our account of the 1977 plane crash that claimed the life of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, including new recollections from a survivor.

JACKSON, Miss. — Friday will mark the 40th anniversary of the plane crash of Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Although they weren't Southern rock's first band — that title belongs to the ...

Rescuers look over the wreckage of the 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash. The site has drawn visitors over the years. Tuesday October 20, 2015 marked the 38th anniversary and drew several veterans ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd endured one of the worst tragedies in music history on Oct. 20, 1977, when a plane carrying the band and their entourage crashed in Mississippi, killing several members of the group.

Lynyrd Skynyrd endured one of the worst tragedies in music history on Oct. 20, 1977, when a plane carrying the band and their entourage crashed.

Filming has begun on Street Survivors:The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, which finds Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle telling the story of the Oct. 20, 1977, tragedy from behind ...

Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane went down in a wooded, swampy area in Gillsburg, Mississippi, on Oct. 20, 1977. The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) Mississippi plane crash anniversary in October ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd have signed a new record deal ahead of their global tour with the group still going strong after 46 years and a string of tragedies including a devastating plane crash.

The members of Lynyrd Skynyrd are not ruling out recording new music more than a decade after their last studio album. In a ...

GILLSBURG, Miss. — Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band famous for “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird,” now has highway signs pointing to the site of the Mississippi plane crash that claimed ...

October 20th will mark the 47th anniversary of the plane crash of Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" are Lynyrd Skynyrd's most notable songs.

October 20th will mark the 47th anniversary of the plane crash of Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd. "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" are Lynyrd Skynyrd's most notable songs.