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tangent4ronpaul
09-21-2010, 07:55 PM
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/the-real-lynyrd-skynyrd-dies_1167225

The Florida teacher who inspired rockers LYNYRD SKYNYRD's misspelled name has died.

Leonard Skinner died on Monday (20Sep10) at a nursing home in Riverside, Florida. He was 77.

The Freebird rockers paid a sarcastic tribute to their former gym teacher, who lived in infamy during band founders Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington's school days, because he had a habit of sending boys to the principal for growing their hair too long.

Ironically, many of the bandmates later became friends with Skinner.