News Features This happened on Oct. 20, 1977 Mon., Oct. 20, 2014 By Paul Turner srpaulturner@gmail.com X Email Reddit SMS http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-members-of-the-southern-rock-band-lynyrd-skynyrd-die-in-a-mississippi-plane-crash * This story was originally published as a post from the blog "The Slice." Read all stories from this blog