Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, the band’s last remaining original member,is reportedly under observation after suffering a serious heart attack Oct. 8.
The news comes courtesy of Rossington’s family, via a note posted by his daughter Mary Elizabeth at the Ronnie Van Zant fan page on Facebook. “Please keep him and us in your prayers as well as all the amazing medical staff that have saved his life several times now,” reads one passage. “We were very close to losing him this time and just pray that they will develop even better techniques soon to deal with heart disease.”