Bob Burns (drummer)

Robert Louis "Bob" Burns Jr. (November 24, 1950 – April 3, 2015) was an American drummer. He was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.^[1] Burns was born in Jacksonville, Florida.

Burns died in a single car crash after hitting a mailbox and tree on a sharp curve in Bartow County, Georgia, late at night after a performance on April 3, 2015.^[2] He was 64 years old.

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↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Leggett, Steve. "Biography: Lynyrd Skynyrd". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
↑ Southall, Ashley (4 April 2015). "Robert Burns Jr., First Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer, Dies at 64". The New York Times. p. A22.

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[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Leggett, Steve. "Biography: Lynyrd Skynyrd". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

[2] Southall, Ashley (4 April 2015). "Robert Burns Jr., First Lynyrd Skynyrd Drummer, Dies at 64". The New York Times. p. A22.

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