History Facts & Stories on Instagram: "Forty-eight years ago, on October 20, 1977, the world lost members of Lynyrd Skynyrd in a devastating plane crash that forever changed the landscape of Southern rock. The band’s chartered Convair CV-240 ran out of fuel and went down in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi, while en route from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The crash killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant ro