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about the tragic life of the man who performed the “Free Bird” guitar solo, Allen Collins. After surviving the 1977 plane crash, his wife Kathy later died of a hemorrhage, and in 1986, he got into a car crash which left him paralyzed and killed his girlfriend. He then died at 37 from Pneumonia.

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Fun Fact: about the tragic life of the man who performed the “Free Bird” guitar solo, Allen Collins. After surviving the 1977 plane crash, his wife Kathy later died of a hemorrhage, and in 1986, he got into a car crash which left him paralyzed and killed his girlfriend. He then died at 37 from Pneumonia.

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