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    • Nov 3, 1998
    BMG releases Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Extended Versions," a live album featuring Johnny Van Zant as lead vocalist
    Mar 9, 1999
    MCA releases "The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection." It includes "Sweet Home Alabama," heralded among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 8, 1999
    Hilary Swank stars in "Boys Don't Cry," as the picture opens in New York. A karaoke performance of "Bluest Eyes In Texas" plays a key role in the plot. The movie also features The Knitters doing "Silver Wings," and Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Oct 15, 1999
    The two-disc album "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd" is certified gold by the RIAA. It includes "Sweet Home Alabama," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Nov 23, 1999
    Koch releases the soundtrack to "Boys Don't Cry," featuring remakes of "Bluest Eyes In Texas" and "Silver Wings," plus music by Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Dec 14, 1999
    Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels a show in Odessa, Texas, when bass player Leon Wilkeson is hospitalized with an infected intestine and urinary tract. The band's "Sweet Home Alabama" is deemed one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 4, 2000
    The "Forrest Gump" soundtrack is certified by the RIAA for shipping 12 million copies. It features Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog," plus Harry Nilsson, B.J. Thomas and The Beach Boys, among others
    Mar 14, 2000
    MCA releases Lynyrd Skynyrd's "All Time Greatest Hits," including "Sweet Home Alabama," deemed one of country's 500 greatest all-time singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 9, 2000
    Marion "Sister" Van Zant dies of cardiac arrest in Florida. Her son, Ronnie Van Zant, co-wrote the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama." Two other sons, Donnie and Johnny, form the duo Van Zant, destined to have a country hit in five years
    Jun 29, 2000
    Grave robbers descend on the burial site of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant in Jacksonville, Florida, though they are stopped before they get away with his ashes. The singer's remains are relocated to a private site
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