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LAST ORIGINAL BAND MEMBER DIES AT 71

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Country Music - Rolling Stone

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington was last surviving
original member of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary
Rossington died Sunday. The cause of  death not known at
this time.

BREAKING: Final Original Member Of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Rossington ...

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HE CAPTURED UNFORGETTABLE PHOTOS

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is seen with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper, during an NCAA college football game in Eugene, Ore., in the early 1990s. Jack Smith, an AP photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, the Olympics and many other events during his 35-year career with the news organization, passed away on Jan. 4, 2023, at his home in La Mesa, Calif. He was 80. (Greg Wahl-Stephens via AP)
Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is
pictured with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer
who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St.
Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, boxer Mike Tyson biting off
part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and weeping figure skater Tonya
Harding at the Olympics during a 35-year career with the news organization, has died. He was 80.

His wife Judy said he passed away on Jan. 4 at his home in La
Mesa, California. He had cancer and had been in hospice care.


Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April 1980.

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