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  Ed King dead: Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and co-writer of Sweet Home Alabama dies, aged 68

  Ed King, former lead guitarist for legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at the age of 68. Mr King co-wrote the group’s best known hit “Sweet Home Alabama”. Gary Rossington, one of the band’s founding members, led the tributes on Thursday and said he was “shocked and saddened” by King’s death.

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  Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies aged 68

  Ed King, a guitarist for the bands Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, died on Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 68. “It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Ed King who died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee on August 22nd, 2018,” read a post on King’s Facebook page. “We thank his many friends and fans for their love and support of Ed during his life and career.” Though a cause of death has not yet been specified, King had lung cancer and was recently in hosp

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  Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at age

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A family friend says Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of their hits including "Sweet Home Alabama," has died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 68.

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  Boyhood home of Lynyrd Skynyrd brothers is now historic site

  The house where rockers Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny Van Zant grew up is officially one of Florida's historic sites. A marker noting the home as a Florida heritage site will be officially unveiled on during a ceremony in Jacksonville on Saturday. Jacksonville entrepreneur Todd Smith bought the house while looking for homes in the area.

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  Lynyrd Skynyrd announce farewell tour starting May 4

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd will kick off their final tour May 4 in West Palm Beach, Florida, more than 40 years after the band's debut album was released.

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  U.S. judge blocks new movie about Lynyrd Skynyrd

  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd won a permanent injunction blocking the production and distribution of a movie depicting the 1977 plane crash that killed the rock band's lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant. In a decision made public on Monday, U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan said "Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash," based on recollections of former drummer Artimus Pyle, violated a 1988 consent order governing

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