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    • Dec 4, 1951
    Guitarist Gary Rossington is born in Jacksonville, Florida. In his teens, he becomes a founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" receives billing in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 all-time greatest singles
    Oct 24, 1975
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant breaks a beer bottle over the head of a road crew member in Portsmouth, England, during a fight over how to pronounce "schnapps." Van Zant breaks a hand, and Gary Rossington breaks a hand and cuts both wrists
    Sep 5, 1976
    "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington suffers multiple broken bones when the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, driving drunk, crashes into a telephone pole, a tree and a house in Jacksonville, Florida
    Feb 25, 2003
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington undergoes quintuple bypass surgery in an Atlanta hospital. He co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama," named one of the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Hall of Fame's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 13, 2003
    "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington returns to the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd in Karlsruhe, Germany, four months after having quintuple bypass surgery
    Aug 4, 2003
    Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, a co-writer of "Sweet Home Alabama," is released from an Atlanta hospital after being treated for exhaustion and a mild seizure. Skynyrd cancels approximately three weeks of dates, allowing him to rest
    Aug 12, 2003
    Lynyrd Skynyrd announces the cancellation of a dozen dates on the advice of a neurologist who's prescribed more rest for "Sweet Home Alabama" songwriter Gary Rossington in the wake of a seizure
    Feb 10, 2005
    Gretchen Wilson duets on "Picture" and "Beast Of Burden" as a guest at Kid Rock's House of Blues show in Los Angeles. Also performing: Dickey Betts, Uncle Kracker, Billy Gibbons and three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Gary Rossington
    Sep 9, 2008
    Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington is arrested for DUI in Milton, Georgia, after being involved in a car accident. His song "Sweet Home Alabama" is sampled in the Kid Rock single "All Summer Long"
    Sep 9, 2012
    Recognizing the negative racial connotations represented by the Confederate flag, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington, a co-writer of "Sweet Home Alabama," tells CNN the band will stop using it as stage imagery when it goes back on tour
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