LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed King, a former lead guitarist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd who co-wrote one of the group's best known hits, "Sweet Home Alabama," has died at age 68, a founding ...

UNITED STATES - JUNE 01: USA Photo of Ed KING and Artimus PYLE and Gary ROSSINGTON and LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Billy POWELL and Allen COLLINS and Ronnie VAN ZANT and Leon WILKESON, L-R: Allen Collins, ...

Former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ed King, has died. King was part of the southern rock band, best known for its anthems "Sweet Home Alabama, which he co-wrote, and "Free Bird. " King was a member ...

In spring 1969, the British group Free rocked up in Lynyrd Skynyrd’s hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, to play the local ice rink during their first US tour. Free’s lead vocalist Paul Rodgers came ...

Another tragedy has struck in the Lynyrd Skynyrd camp. The legendary Southern rock band’s former guitarist and bassist Ed King, the co-writer of “Sweet Home Alabama” and other Skynyrd classics, died ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of the group’s hits including “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a ...

A family friend says Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of their hits including "Sweet Home Alabama," has died in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 68. Scott Coopwood ...