Two of Lynyrd Skynyrd's band members have died.
On October 20 , 1977 , a Convair CV-240 chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L&J Company of Addison , Texas , ran out of fuel and crashed in Gillsburg , Mississippi , near the end of its flight from Greenville , South Carolina , to Baton Rouge , Louisiana . Lynyrd Skynyrd . At the peak of their success , two band members and a backup singer died in an airplane crash in 1977 , putting an abrupt end to the band 's most popular incarnation .