Gary Rossington, who founded rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died at the age of 71.
His bandmates announced the sad news on social media as they paid tribute to their "brother" and "family member".
In a statement shared to Facebook on Sunday, the band said: "It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today.
