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Cassie and Steve Gaines were buried in Orange Park, Florida.. On February 15, 1979, the mother of Steve and Cassie, also named Cassie LaRue Gaines, was killed in an automobile accident near the cemetery where Steve and Cassie are buried.
Rossington, for instance, was not informed until days later by his mother in the hospital that Van Zant had been killed. [9] Cassie Gaines had been so fearful of flying in the Convair that she had preferred to travel in the band's cramped equipment truck instead, but Van Zant convinced her to board the plane on October 20. [11]
Gaines is the subject of the 2001 song "Cassie's Brother" by rock band Drive-By Truckers. Less than two years after the plane crash, Cassie LaRue Gaines, mother of Cassie and Steve, was killed in an automobile accident near the cemetery where her children were buried. She was buried near them.
Band members Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and Ronnie Van Zant all died in the above-mentioned plane crash that took place in Gillsburg, Miss., on Oct. 20, 1977, just three days after Skynyrd ...
The band and its entourage went down in a plane crash on October 20, 1977 following their final concert in Greenville, South Carolina, outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi, which left members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines dead and the rest suffering severe lacerations, broken bones and various internal injuries. [1]
The crash killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray. The other band members were seriously injured in the crash.
Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray, were killed on impact. The other band members (Collins, Rossington, Wilkeson, Powell, Pyle, and Hawkins), tour manager Ron Eckerman, [ 3 ] and road crew survived, but suffered serious injuries.
Finney was charged with armed robbery and murder after her accomplice was shot and killed by deputies, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Finney was found in a shower stall with a plastic garbage bag over her head, and died ten days later. Jail or Agency: Volusia County Branch Jail; State: Florida; Date arrested or booked: 5/29/2016; Date of ...