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Jul 19, 1952Guitarist Allen Collins is born in Jacksonville, Florida. During junior high school, he helps form Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"Jan 29, 1986Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins has an alcohol-related car accident in Jacksonville, Florida, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing him below the neck. He pleads no contest to manslaughter chargesJan 23, 1990Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins dies from respiratory failure at Jacksonville's Memorial Medical Center. The band's "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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