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While talking to Andrew Goldman for his The Originals podcast last week, the music legend was asked about being ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone's list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time earlier this year and gave her controversial opinions on those ranked higher.

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Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped write the classic “Sweet Home Alabama,” died Sunday at the age of 71. The band wrote on Facebook that "we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today.” Rossington survived a 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines. He reunited with band members a decade later to reform the band and continue recording and touring. In later years he underwent numerous heart surgeries. No cause of death was given.

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