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    Edward Calhoun King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018) was an American musician. He was a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1996.

  2. Aug 23, 2018 · Ed King, the former member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who joined in 1972 and co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama", died on August 22, 2018. He was 68 and had been battling lung cancer. He was a founding member of the psychedelic Sixties band Strawberry Alarm Clock and a highlight of the documentary If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd.

  3. Aug 23, 2018 · Ed King was a bassist and guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the legendary Southern rock band that was involved in a plane crash in 1977. He died of cancer this week. He played "Free Bird" with a reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, along with other ex-members of the band.

  4. Aug 23, 2018 · Ed King, a former guitarist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and a co-writer of several of the group’s hits — including “Sweet Home Alabama,” which reached the Top 10 in...

  5. Aug 23, 2018 · Noteworthy guitarist Ed King died on Wednesday. In the months leading up to his death, he had been battling lung cancer. The famed musician was 68.

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  7. Aug 23, 2018 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of the group’s hits including “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a family friend. He was 68. Scott Coopwood said King died Wednesday due to cancer.

  8. Aug 23, 2018 · Ed King, who co-wrote hits like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Incense and Peppermints", passed away at 68 due to cancer. He was a member of the band from 1972 to 1996 and rejoined it after a plane crash killed two members in 1977.

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