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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 29 > Billy Powell, 56, played keys for Lynyrd Skynyrd

Billy Powell, 56, played keys for Lynyrd Skynyrd

By Ron Word / The Bulletin
January 29, 2009

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who played on such hits as “Sweet Home Alabama” and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Powell called 911 in this Jacksonville suburb saying he was....

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