Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Larry Junstrom dies at 70: ‘There will never be another’ – USA TODAY

Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY Published 6:02 p.m. ET Oct. 7, 2019

CONNECTCOMMENTEMAILMORE

Larry Junstrom, an original member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd and the longtime bassist for .38 Special, has died. He was 70.

His death was announced Sunday on the official Facebook account of .38 Special, a rock band that Junstrom joined in the 1970s following his stint with Lynyrd Skynyrd.

“The Big Man on the Big Bass has left us,” the statement began. “He rocked arenas all over the world and succeeded in living his dream. He was truly one of a kind, a congenial traveling companion and a great friend to all with a humorous slant on life that always kept our spirits high – a kind man with a big heart for everyone who crossed his path. There will never be another like him.”

‘Our time is coming to an end’: Lynyrd Skynyrd on new music, loss and farewell tour

Junstrom formed Lynyrd Skynyrd with singer Ronnie Van Zant, drummer Bob Burns and guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins in 1964, but left before the band recorded their 1973 debut album, “Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd.”

The bassist went on to join the rock band .38 Special in 1977, fronted by Van Zant’s younger brother, Donnie. Junstrom performed with the group for nearly four decades, playing on hits songs “Hold On Loosely,” “Caught Up in You” and “Rockin’ Into the Night.”

Junstrom retired from .38 Special in 2014 following a serious hand injury.

“We are sending our devoted love, strength and comfort to his wife Thania and Larry’s family. We will miss our friend and partner,” .38 Special’s statement added.

More:Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies at 80

ONE TIME USE ONLY--Larry Junstrom of .38 Special (Photo by Rich Gabrielson/WireImage) *** Local Caption *** ORG XMIT: 75080435 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

Rip Taylor arrives to the ENCORE Original premiere of "Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis" in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2011.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Musician Ginger Baker of Cream performs at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp at AMP Rehearsal Studios on November 6, 2015 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Tenor Marcello Giordani attends a reception in New York on Monday, March 31, 2008. Giordani, renowned for a voice of beauty and heft that made him a star at the world's top opera houses, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. He was 56.

ORG XMIT: CAMW106 Inductee Diahann Carroll arrives at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 20th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

BROOKLYN, NY - OCTOBER 10: Musician Kim Shattuck of The Muffs perform during the CBGB Music & Film Festival 2014 - The Muffs & Upset at The Bell House on October 10, 2014 in Brooklyn, New York.. (Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for CBGB) ORG XMIT: 516240037 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards and the National Medal of Arts, died Sept. 30 at 74. A statement said Norman died from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she sustained in 2015.

In this April 28, 2011 file photo, Jose Jose performs during the Latin Billboard Awards, in Coral Gables, Fla. Local media outlets report that the Mexican crooner died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 from pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

FILE - This June 18, 2015 file photo shows Robert Hunter at the 46th Annual Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York. Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at his Northern California home, according to Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. He was 78. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYET213

A solo shot of judge Carl Ruiz as seen on "Guy's Grocery Games" season 21.

ONE TIME USE ONLY HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 19: Actor Sid Haig attends a screening of Indican Pictures' "High On The Hog" at Arena Cinelounge on April 19, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

Graeme Gibson, a Canadian novelist and conservationist has died. His death was announced Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 by Doubleday.

THE VIEW - Cokie Roberts and Jim Gaffigan are the guests today, Thursday, January 19, 2017 on ABC's "The View." "The View" airs Monday-Friday (11:00 am-12:00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Lou Rocco) COKIE ROBERTS

(Clockwise L-R) Phil Keoghan, Jillian Hamilton, Tom Bergeron, Bob the Puppet, Laurie Hibberd, Jeff MacGregor and Suzanne Whang.

FILE - In this Sunday, June 7, 2009, file photo, actor Phyllis Newman arrives at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York. Newman, a Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran who became the first woman to host “The Tonight Show” before turning her attention to fight for women’s health, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in New York. She was 86. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File) ORG XMIT: NYSB622

FILE - 15 SEPTEMBER 2019: Cars Lead Singer Ric Ocasek, 75, has died in New York City. CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 07: Ric Ocasek of The Cars performs during 2011 Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Legato/WireImage) ORG XMIT: 775406533 ORIG FILE ID: 120639329

Eddie Money passed away on Sept. 13, 2019 at age 70.

Robert Frank appears at the opening of the exhibition featuring his work, "Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016," at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York on Jan. 28, 2016.

ONE TIME USE ONLY LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 1: John Wesley attends "The Midnighters" Screening at the 20th Annual Dances With Films Festival in Los Angeles on June 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Graves/WireImage)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 19, 2004 Spanish singer Camilo Sesto performs during the 45th edition of the Vina del Mar international festival in Vina del Mar, Chile on February 19, 2004. - Camilo Sesto, a Spanish singer and composer of romantic ballads who scored a string of number one hits in a career that spanned decades, has died aged 72, his family said on September 8, 2019. Sesto, real name Camilo Blanes Cortes, sang in two pop bands during the 1960s before recording his first album "Algo De Mí", or "Something of Me", in 1971. He went on to sell over 70 million albums, making him one of the most famous Spanish singers of all time. (Photo by Víctor ROJAS / AFP)VICTOR ROJAS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1K43RX

Francisco Toledo, one of Mexico's most prominent painters. The family of Toledo has announced on Thursday, September 5, 2019, the he has died.

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2015 file photo, Jimmy Johnson, sound engineer for the Percy Sledge's hit "When a Man Loves a Woman," stands outside his Tennessee River home in Sheffield, Ala. Jimmy Johnson, a founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and a guitarist with the famed studio musicians nicknamed "The Swampers" has died. He was 76. His family announced his death in a Facebook post, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File) ORG XMIT: NY116

Dan Warner performs at the GRAMMY Camp - Basic Training at Frost School of Music at University of Miami Gusman Concert Hall on May 15, 2013 in Coral Gables, Fla.

Texas country singer-songwriter Kylie Rae Harris died in a northern New Mexico car wreck Wednesday night

This undated image released by Pantheon Books shows author and editor James Atlas, who died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at age 70.

Lashawn Daniels attends the 2019 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on August 29, 2019 in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Carol Lynley in a scene from the the 1965 thriller "Bunny Lake is Missing."

Author Dorothea Benton Frank will open the 2018 Nick

FILE - AUGUST 30: Actress Valerie Harper, known for her roles in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda," passed away on August 30, 2019 after battling cancer. She was 80 years old. NEW YORK, NY - MAY 09: Actress Valerie Harper speaks onstage during The Survivor Mitzvah Project: A benefit for Holocaust survivors at Webster Hall on May 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Survivor Mitzvah Project) ORG XMIT: 775276068 ORIG FILE ID: 472820164

Co-host Jessi Combs speaks at the "Overhaulin" discussion panel during the Discovery Networks/Velocity portion of the 2012 Summer Television Critics Association tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 2, 2012, in Los Angeles.

ONE TIME USE LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 23: Musician Neal Casal of Chris Robinson Brotherhood performs onstage during the Bourbon & Beyond Festival at Champions Park on September 23, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/WireImage)

Peter Fonda speaks onstage at the 29th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Jan. 2, 2018 in Palm Springs.

ONE-TIME USE ON 8/17/19 1989 portrait of animator Richard Williams and his creation, 'Roger Rabbit'.

In this Nov. 22, 1991 file photo, author Paule Marshall poses during an interview, in New York.

Toni Morrison, author of "God Help The Child."

The Village People in a 1980 file photo.

In this Jan. 27, 2000 file photo, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker is flanked by 35-year-old images of Bob Dylan as Pennebaker sits in his New York editing suite. Oscar-winning documentary maker Pennebaker has died at the age of 94.

This Feb. 3, 2015 photo released by NBC shows lighting designer Phil Hymes, second right, with lighting director Geoff Amoral on the set of "Saturday Night Live," in New York. NBC says Emmy-winning lighting director Hymes has died.

FILE - JULY 27: Russi Taylor, best known for voicing the Disney character Minnie Mouse, passed away on July 26, 2019 in Glendale, California.

epa07738229 (FILE) - Dutch actor Rutger Hauer poses during the photocall for the movie 'S.O.D. Sights of Death' in Rome, Italy, 23 January 2014 (Reissued 24 July 2019). According to reports on 24 July 2019, Dutch actor Rutger Hauer died on 19 July at the age of 75. EPA-EFE/ANGELO CARCONI *** Local Caption *** 51193071 ORG XMIT: WAQ456

This undated image released by Alexandra Hedison shows actor David Hedison, who starred in the original sci-fi classic “The Fly” and appeared in two James Bond films. Hedison died Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Los Angeles. He was 92.

This Sept. 20, 2005 file photo shows singer Art Neville performing during the "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy" benefit concert in New York. Neville, a member of one of New Orleans' storied musical families, the Neville Brothers, and a founding member of the groundbreaking funk band The Meters, has died at age 81 on Monday, July 22, 2019.

In this May 7, 2009, file photo, author, comedian and co-founder of the Yippie party as well as stand-up satirist, Paul Krassner, then 77, poses for a photo at his home in Desert Hot Springs, Calif.

FILE - 9 JULY 2019: Actor Rip Torn, 88, has died at home in Lakeville, Connecticut. Rip Torn during 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Aspen - Larry Sanders Tribute in Aspen, Colorado, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) ORG XMIT: 775370075 ORIG FILE ID: 179882243

Actor Cameron Boyce arrives for WE Day California at the Forum in Inglewood, California on April 25, 2019. - WE Day is the worlds largest youth empowerment event combining the energy of a live concert with the inspiration of extraordinary stories of leadership and change. WE Day California will bring together world-renowned speakers and award-winning performers to celebrate the tens of thousands of young people from across California who have made a difference in their community. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: WE Day Ca ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1FX6M0

epa07701651 (FILE) - An undated picture shows Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto at an unknown place (reissued 07 July 2019). Joao Gilberto, considered one of the bossa nova's parents, died on 06 June 2019 at his home in Rio de Janeiro, one of his sons confirmed on social networks. Joao Gilberto, the inventor of the revolutionary chords of bossa nova died at the age of 88 for causes that have not yet been revealed. EPA-EFE/DARIO ZALIS ORG XMIT: COPAME2678

Martin Charnin and wife Shelly Burch attend the "Annie" Broadway opening night after party at Hard Rock Cafe New York on November 8, 2012 in New York City.

FILE - In this June 8, 1969 file photo, Harvey Korman, right, of "The Carol Burnett Show," and Arte Johnson, of "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," each hold their Emmys for Outstanding Individual Achievements for a Variety Performance at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Johnson died in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. He was 90. A family representative says Johnson died of heart failure following a three-year battle with bladder and prostate cancers. Korman died on May 29, 2008 at the age of 81. (AP Photo/File) ORG XMIT: NYET339

Max Wright poses in Burbank, Calif., in July 1989. The "ALF" star has died.

Jeff Austin, of Yonder Mountain String Band, performs onstage at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park on 3rd October 2010 in San Francisco, Calif.

ONE TIME USE ONLY for his obit NEW ORLEANS, LA - MAY 01: Dave Bartholomew performs at the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell at the Fair Grounds Race Course on May 1, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images)

Judith Krantz poses in an undated file photo during an interview at her home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. Krantz died June 22, 2019, in her Bel Air home of natural causes, said her son Tony Krantz. She was 91.

Jerry Carrigan speaks at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame's 13th Induction Banquet and Awards Show at the Renaissance Hotel in 2010.

Gloria Vanderbilt attends the premiere of "Nothing Left Unsaid" on April 4, 2016, in New York.

ONE TIME USE ONLY FOR HER OBIT MIAMI - DECEMBER 10: Edith Gonzalez attends People En Espanol Celebrating The "2008 Stars of the Year" Issue at Grass Lounge on December 10, 2008 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/WireImage for People En Espanol)

In this April 19, 2012 file photo, broadcast pioneer Lew Klein, who helped to create "American Bandstand", speaks during an interview in Jenkintown, Pa. Klein taught and mentored at Temple University in Philadelphia for more than six decades, lending his name to its communication school. The school said he died Wednesday, June 12, 2019. He was 91.

Sylvia Miles at the premiere of 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' in 2010.

ONE TIME USE ONLY CIRCA 1961: Pop Singing Group "The Lettermen" pose for promotional photo circa 1961. Left to right - Jim Pike, Bob Engemann, Tony Butala. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Dr. John performs during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. The family of the Louisiana-born musician known as Dr. John says the celebrated singer and piano player who blended black and white musical influence with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, has died. He was 77. A family statement released by his publicist says Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died early Thursday of a heart attack.

Dennis Day as an original member of Disney's Mickey Mouse Club in the mid-1950s.

In this March 17, 2018 photo, Roky Erickson performs at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Erickson, the blue-eyed, dark-haired Texan who headed the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators, a pioneering psychedelic rock band in the 1960s that scored with "You're Gonna Miss Me," has died, Friday, May 31, 2019. He was 71.

Leon Redbone performs on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2012. Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-styled songs, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, according to a statement released by his family.

ONE TIME USE LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 18: Carmine Caridi attends the "Unorganized Crime" screening at Charlie Chaplin Theatre on December 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/WireImage)

The cover of John Gary WIlliams' solo album.

FILE - This May 1, 1998 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz during a visit to Los Angeles to promote his book, "Confederates in the Attic." Horwitz died on Monday, May 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. He was 60. (AP Photo/Susan Sterner, File) ORG XMIT: BX102

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, file photo, Edmund Morris, author of "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan," poses at Random House in New York. Morris died Friday, May 24, 2019, in a hospital in Danbury, Conn., a day after suffering a stroke. He was 78. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) ORG XMIT: NYSB101

This Feb. 7, 2017 photo provided by Suzanne Shore shows her husband, Sammy Shore. The actor and standup comedian who co-founded the Comedy Store died Saturday, May 18, 2019. He was 92. (Suzanne Shore via AP) ORG XMIT: NY115

This May 15, 2000, file photo, shows Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk in Palm Springs, Calif.

Tim Conway introduces Ernest Borgnine tribute during the 17th annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles in January 2011.

Actor Isaac Kappy attends the Saint Vintage Love Tour benefiting Stand Up 2 Cancer at The Andaz on March 22, 2012 in West Hollywood, California.

Legendary singer and actress Doris Day died May 13 at age 97 after a serious case of pneumonia. She was known for the classic 1956 tune "Que Sera, Sera," films like "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and her eponymous TV sitcom.

Peggy Lipton starred in TV's "The Mod Squad" and "Twin Peaks." She married music producer Quincy Jones, and had two daughters, Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones (star of TV's "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation"). Lipton, who battled cancer, died May 11 at 72.

FILE - In this July 27, 1998, file photo, television personality Jim Fowler ducks to avoid being battered by a peregrine falcon on a tether at the National Bison Range near Missoula, Mont. Fowler, a naturalist who rose to fame on the long-running television show “Wild Kingdom,” died peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at his home in Norwalk, Conn. He was 89. (Michael Gallacher/The Missoulian via AP) ORG XMIT: MTMIS101

FILE - MAY 02: Actor Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, has died at 74. HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 10: Actor Peter Mayhew arrives at the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm's 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' at the El Capitan Theatre on May 10, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) ORG XMIT: 775276068 ORIG FILE ID: 958156472

John Singleton is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in film at Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, Calif. on Aug. 26, 2003.

Ken Kercheval, right, played Cliff Barnes, rival to JR Ewing (Larry Hagman) on both versions of "Dallas."

Lorraine Warren attends the premiere of "The Conjuring 2" in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISSANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 1 ORIG FILE ID: 552755310

Georgia Engel, seen here at a Television Critics Association panel in August, is best known for her role on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' She died Friday at 70.

Country singer Earl Thomas Conley, known for hit songs including "Holding Her and Loving You," "What I'd Say" and "Right From the Start," died on April 10 in Nashville. Conley suffered from a condition similar to dementia.  He was 77.  Over the course of his career, Conley had 18 No. 1 country hits and 25 top 10 songs.

FILE - This Dec. 9, 2004 file photo shows actor Seymour Cassel at the world premiere of "The Life Aquatic" in New York. Cassel, who appeared frequently in the films of John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson, has died. His daughter Dilyn Cassel Murphy said Monday, April 8, 2019, that he passed away. He was 84. Born in Detroit, he made his way to New York in the 1950s to pursue acting. It was there that he met Cassavetes and made his film debut in his 1958 feature “Shadows.” (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File) ORG XMIT: NYET131

Tania Mallet sits on a pile of gold bullion in Fort Knox, for her role as Tilly Masterson in "Goldfinger" in 1964.

This 2002 photo released by Redbush Classics Records shows rockabilly Hall of Famer Billy Adams performing in Hemsby, England. Adams, who wrote and recorded a rockabilly staple “Rock, Pretty Mama,” died Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Westmoreland, Tenn. He was 79. (Redbush Classics Records via AP) ORG XMIT: NYET110

Nipsey Hussle speaks to kids at the Nipsey Hussle x PUMA Hoops Basketball Court Refurbishment Reveal Event on Oct. 22, 2018, in Los Angeles.

French director and President of the Camera d'Or Jury

Ranking Roger, pictured in concert in 1995, has died.

File-This Oct. 30, 2006, file photo shows writer, director Larry Cohen, left, and wife Cynthia Cohen arriving for the Comcast, Sony and Lionsgate launch party for FEARnet, a multi-platform network dedicated to horror, held at the Boulevard 3 nightclub in Los Angeles. Cohen, the maverick B-movie director of cult horror films "It's Alive" and "God Told Me To," has died. He was 77. Cohen's friend and spokesman, the actor Shade Rupe, said Cohen passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo/Phil McCarten, File) ORG XMIT: NYSH501

The death of singer/songwriter Scott Walker, 76, was announced March 25 by his record company 4AD. In addition to making hits with the Walker Brothers like "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Make It Easy on Yourself," he also released solo albums and produced movie scores and songs for other musicians.

Bernie Torme from GMT, live on stage at Hard Rock Hell 2009, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, Dec. 3, 2009.

Andre Williams stands on the onetime site of Fortune Records in Detroit.

Dick Dale performs at the Musicians Hall of Fame awards show at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson) ORG XMIT: TNJA113

Mike Thalassitis of "Celebs Go Dating" during a panel discussion on Feb, 7, 2018, in London.

In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, poet W.S. Merwin speaks to the Hawaii Conservation Conference in Honolulu.

Memphis songwriter John Kilzer kicks off a January

NEW YORK - MAY 9: Married Dentists Misti (left) and Jim Raman (right) will race around the globe for the opportunity to win the $1 million dollar prize, on the new season of THE AMAZING RACE, when the show premieres on its new day and time, Friday, Sept. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images)

Hal Blaine holds up his hands after placing them in wet cement with Don Randi and Glen Campbell, representing The Wrecking Crew at an induction ceremony for Hollywood's RockWalk on June 25, 2008. Drummer Blaine, who played on many of the biggest hits in music history, died of natural causes March 11, 2019, at his home in Palm Desert, California. He was 90.

Actress Robin Mattson, actor Jed Allan and actress Judith McConnell attend the 13th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on July 17, 1986 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Luke Perry discusses his role on CW's "Riverdale" during

Keith Flint, the snarly-voiced, pointy-haired frontman of electronic dance band The Prodigy, died by suicide over the first weekend of March, bandmate Liam Howlett confirmed via Instagram. He was 49.

MALIBU, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Janice Freeman performs at The COTA Awards (Celebration of the Arts) on September 15, 2018 in Malibu, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for COTA) ORG XMIT: 775224720 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

ONE TIME USE 3/2/2019 PARSIPPANY, NJ - OCTOBER 27: Nathaniel Taylor attends Chiller Theater Expo Winter 2017 at Parsippany Hilton on October 27, 2017 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2004 file photo, conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn, conducts the 15th symphony concert during the Lucerne Festival in the concert hall in Lucerne, Switzerland. Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, died in his Manhattan home, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. He was 89. (Urs FlueelerKEYSTONE via AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYET423

Country Music Hall of Famer Mac Wiseman celebrates

Actress Katherine Helmond poses during a red carpet event to celebrate the opening of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park on June 13, 2012 in Anaheim, Calif.

This undated photo provided by Bobby Goldstein Productions shows Clark James Gable III, host of the reality TV show "Cheaters" and grandson of late Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable. The Dallas County Southwestern Institute of Forensic Science says the 30-year-old Gable died Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at a Dallas hospital. The medical examiner's office said the cause and manner of death were pending Tuesday. The death was not considered suspicious. (Courtesy of Bobby Goldstein Productions via AP) ORG XMIT: CER310

Actor/comedian Brody Stevens, seen here in 2013, has died.

'The Munsters,' a 1960s comedy series, featured Yvonne

Director Stanley Donen poses with his Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 70th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 23, 1998.

Peter Tork of the Monkees performs live on June 1, 2016, in New York City.

Inductee Fred Foster on the Red Carpet during the County

Actor Vinny Vella, known for his role in the 1995 film "Casino" and other gangster movies, died on Feb. 20 at age 72 from liver cancer, his son, Vinny Vella Jr., confirmed to USA TODAY.

German designer Karl Lagerfeld acknowledges the public at the end Chanel Fall-Winter 2009 Haute Couture collection show in Paris on July 1, 2008. AFP PHOTO FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: - ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1DL9W1

Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ sister, died at 85

Actor Bruno Ganz died at his home in Zurich, Switzerland, late 15 February at the age of 77.

This 1980 photo provided by Kathy Ballantine shows her grandmother Betty Ballantine. Betty Ballantine, half of a groundbreaking husband-and-wife publishing team that helped invent the modern paperback and vastly expand the market for science fiction and other genres through such blockbusters as "The Hobbit" and "Fahrenheit 451," died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at her home in Bearsville, N.Y. She was 99.

Albert Finney in "A Man of No Importance."

Bob Massi, a Nevada lawyer and Fox News legal analyst, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his law firm announced Thursday.

This undated handout photo shows Izzy Young in Sweden. Izzy Young, who in 1961 organized the first New York concert by Bob Dylan and devoted decades of his life supporting folk music, has died at age 90 in Sweden it was announced Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Young was a big name in folk music _ Dylan, a regular visitor at his New York music shop, the Folklore Center, once called it “the citadel of Americana folk music.” Young moved to Sweden in 1973 and reopened his store there. (Markus Adler via AP) ORG XMIT: LLT804

PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY 21: Actor Kristoff St. John attends the 45th NAACP Awards Non-Televised Awards Ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 21, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP) ORG XMIT: 474224457 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

ONE TIME USE IN PASSAGES GALLERY 2/3/19 THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Episode 4269 -- Pictured: (l-r) Turtleman Ernie Brown, Jr. and Neal James arrive on June 13, 2012 -- (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Harold Bradley waves in thanks to the crowd after playing

FILE - JANUARY 30: Actor Dick Miller has passed away. He was 90 years old. PARSIPPANY, NJ - APRIL 25: Dick Miller attends day 2 of the Chiller Theater Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on April 25, 2015 in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Photo by Bobby Bank/WireImage) ORG XMIT: 775276068 ORIG FILE ID: 471185700

Musician James Ingram arrives at the UNICEF Playlist with the A-List celebrity karaoke benefit in Los Angeles, May 17, 2011.

French conductor Michel Legrand arrives at the opening ceremony of the 6th Lumiere Festival, in Lyon, France on Oct. 13, 2014.

"Top Chef" star Fatima Ali has died at age 29.

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, Lithuanian-born director Jonas Mekas attend the Whitney Museum Gala in New York. Mekas, 96, who survived a Nazi labor camp and years as a refugee, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at his home, according to the Anthology of Film Archives. He was artistic director of the New York center for film preservation, a leading avant-garde movie theater. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYET302

Comedian and writer Kevin Barnett, who co-created the Fox series "Rel," died at the age of 32.

James Frawley, shown directing Kermit the Frog.

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 1983 file photo, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author, Russell Baker, is pictured at his office at the New York Times in New York. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and humorist Baker has died at age 93. Allen Baker told The Associated Press that his father died on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, from complications after a fall. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) ORG XMIT: CAET203

Kaye Ballard, a decorated Broadway veteran and actress who appeared in "The Mothers-In-Law" and "The Doris Day Show," died Jan. 21 night at her home in Rancho Mirage, California, at 93.

Merwin Goldsmith of Detroit had a long-spanning career on stage, TV and movies.

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 1992 file photo, Mary Oliver appears at the National Book Awards in New York where she received the poetry award for her book "New and Selected Poems." Oliver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her critical acclaim and popular affection, died Thursday at her home in Hobe Sound, Fla. The case of death was lymphoma. She was 83. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) ORG XMIT: NYET401

Carol Channing poses with the special Tony Award she

FILE - In this April 4, 1958 file photo, American singer Pat Boone and his wife Shirley are pictured at the London airport after their arrival from New York. Shirley Boone, the longtime wife of singer Pat Boone as well as a philanthropist, has died at age 84. Milt Suchin, Pat Boone's manager, says in a statement that Shirley Boone passed away on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, surrounded by her four daughters, who sang to her. (AP Photo/File) ORG XMIT: NYCD902

Jo Andres and actor Steve Buscemi arrive for music legend Tony Bennett's 90th birthday celebration at on Aug. 3, 2016 in New York.

LAS VEGAS - JULY 27: "Captain" Daryl Dragon and his wife Toni Tennille of the music duo The Captain and Tennille, pose at the Video Software Dealers Association's annual home video convention at the Bellagio July 27, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They are promoting a Christmas album entitled "Saving Up Christmas" and a DVD box set that will each be released October 11, 2005. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) [Via MerlinFTP Drop]

Bob Einstein, a comedian, actor and two-time Emmy winner, died Jan. 2. He was 76. Einstein was probably best known to fans as Marty Funkhouser on "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Pegi Young, who was married to Rock Hall of Famer Neil Young from 1978 to 2014, was a musician in her own right and co-founded the Bridge School, an innovative Bay Area educational program serving students with severe speech and physical impairments. According to a statement on her official Facebook page, Young died Jan. 1 after a year-long battle with cancer.

Replay

Autoplay

Show Thumbnails

Show Captions

CONNECTCOMMENTEMAILMORE

Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/10/07/lynyrd-skynyrd-founding-member-larry-junstrom-has-died-70/3902524002/

Carnival of Soul

Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Larry Junstrom dies at 70: ‘There will never be another’ – USA TODAY

Carnival of Soul