On October 20, 1977, Lynrd Skynyrd, the band from Jacksonville, Florida met with an irreversible tragedy. The plane carrying the band’s members for their concert in Louisiana crashed after its engine malfunctioned, as per Classic Rock.
Nineteen passengers and crew members of the ill-fated flight survived the crash. Among the band members who survived were Gary Rossington, Billy Powel, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, and Artimus Pyle. However, the crash claimed the lives of band members Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines and Ronnie Van Zant in addition to other crew members, according to History.
During the flight, a few passengers of the plane had been playing poker moments before they realized that there was something wrong with the aircraft, notes Poker News.…