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Ronald Wayne Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist, primary lyricist and a founding member of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Jun 13, 2022 · Updated April 24, 2023. For years, Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant claimed he would die before 30. Then when he was still 29, he was killed in a brutal plane crash in the Mississippi woods. Tom Hill/Getty Images Ronnie Van Zant, a little over a year before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that killed him and several members of his band.
- Kaleena Fraga
Born as Ronald Wayne Van Zant on January 15, 1948, in Jacksonville, Florida. Ronnie was the frontman and songwriter for the most Southern of the Southern rock bands, Lynyrd Skynyrd. His father, Lacy Austin, was a former prizefighter. He made sure young Ronnie and his two brothers, Donnie and Johnny, learned how to use their fists from an early age.
Ronnie Van Zant’s bandmates were anxious as they prepared to board their leased plane at Greenville, South Carolina’s Downtown Airport on the afternoon of October 20th, 1977. And they had...
Ronald Wayne Van Zant. Height. 5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. Ronnie Van Zant was born on January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the oldest son of six children (3 sisters and 2 brothers - musicians Donnie and Johnny). Ronnie attended Lee High School in Jacksonville with fellow band members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins.
- January 15, 1948
- October 20, 1977
Jun 20, 2022 · Ronnie Van Zant, along with band members Steve Gaines, and tour members Cassie Gains, who sang backup, Dean Kilpatrick, assistant road manager, and both pilots were killed on impact.
Jul 6, 2020 · Pyle remembered that Van Zant retrieved a pillow on his way back to his seat, stopped, and shook Pyle's hand. "Ronnie knew that he was going to die." As the Houston Press reports, the crash took Van Zant's life, as well as the lives of band member Steve Gaines and his sister, backup singer Cassie; and Dean Kilpatrick, the assistant road manager ...
