Robert Burns Jr., First Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer, Dies at 64



Robert Lewis Burns Jr., the original drummer in Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Friday night, April 3, 2015, in a car crash. Mr. Burns helped form Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Southern rock band, in 1964 as a drummer in high school but left 10 years later, overwhelmed by life on the road

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