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Leonard Skinner, Lynyrd Skynyrd inspiration, dies at 77
The Florida Times-Union ^
| September 20, 2010
| Matt Soergel
Posted on 09/20/2010 3:08:05 PM PDT by EveningStar
Leonard Skinner, the no-nonsense, flattopped basketball coach and gym teacher whose name is forever linked with Jacksonville’s legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd, died in his sleep early Monday morning. He was 77.
(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: florida; jacksonville; leonardskinner; lynyrdskynyrd
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To: EveningStar
Pretty good story at the link.
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:17:16 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Half of all Americans are above average.)
To: EveningStar
May this Simple Man’s spirit be as Free as a Bird now.
RIP
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:17:51 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on...)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:27:27 PM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We deserve the government we allow.)
To: Moonman62
Pretty good story at the link. Indeed it was an interesting story. The school where he coached still bears the name of Robert E. Lee High School.
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:29:48 PM PDT
by
re_nortex
(DP...that's what I like about Texas...)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:30:16 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
To: EveningStar
Cool, did not know the origin of Lynard Skynard. Ahhhh the days when long hair got you in trouble with the authorities.....sniff....what has happened to our country?
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:32:50 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
(In the White House the mighty White House the Liar sleeps tonight.............)
To: EveningStar
This is a band that has turned over almost completely now due to premature deaths, but they sounded great as late as 2003. Unlike many bands of their era who have simply held on.
Here’s a video of their Vicious Cycle tour stop in Nashville in 2003:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzbdY_rPtjw
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:32:59 PM PDT
by
bereanway
To: EveningStar
I was stationed in Jax in the Navy in 1970. I never knew the band was named after this coach. All I can say is “Far out!”.
I also played the coach in a movie. The name of the fictional school was Robert E. Lee High School.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:33:55 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(REPEAL OR REBEL! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
To: EveningStar
Man, I would have thought he’d be long gone by now. RIP.
To: HerrBlucher
Two classmates and I were told that we wouldn’t get our diplomas if we didn’t cut our hair. Two of us got hair cuts. The third one never got his diploma. The principal could do things like that back in 1969.
To: EveningStar
OOH OOH, that smell.
RIP.
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:38:57 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:48:00 PM PDT
by
Hoodat
(.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:52:08 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: bereanway
So Mr Skinner out lived ‘em! Good for him.
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posted on
09/20/2010 3:56:04 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: EveningStar
There was also a Leonard Skinner mentioned in Alan Sherman's novelty song, "Camp Grenada":
I went hiking with Joe Spivy
He developed poison ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.
To: GreenHornet
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posted on
09/20/2010 4:21:02 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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