3:29 p.m.
Lynyrd Skynyrd was scheduled to play in Biloxi on Saturday.
The Beau Rivage Hotel & Casino tells News 5 the show has been canceled. Tickets are automatically being refunded. If you have any questions, call the Beau Rivage Ticket Office at 228.386.7777.
11:46 a.m.
ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) - A keyboardist for the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at his northeast Florida home.
Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett says 56-year-old keyboard
player Billy Powell called 911 about 12:55 a.m. Wednesday saying he
was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he
was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m.
Cornett says no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will not
be performed.
He says Powell missed a Tuesday appointment with his doctor for
a cardiac evaluation. A heart attack is suspected.
Powell was one of two band members who were performing with the
band before a plane crash in 1977 that killed three of the band's
members.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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