# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-rossington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:30.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-rossington"
name: "Gary Rossington"
slug: "gary-rossington"
description: "Gary Robert Rossington was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the Rossington Collins Band, along with former bandmate Allen Collins. Rossington was both the longest-serving and last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd by the time of his death."
tagline: "American guitarist (1951–2023)"
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category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-12-04"
deathDate: "2023-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump