TUPELO — When the Convair CV-240 plane carrying members of the legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in a forest near Gillsburg, Mississippi, on the evening of Oct. 20, 1977 ...

The group disbanded entirely following a plane crash which killed three of its members, including Van Zant, in 1977. King rejoined Lynyrd Skynyrd after it reformed in 1987 for a reunion tour with ...