Ronnie Van Zant
On October 20, 1977, a plane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ran out of fuel outside Gillsburg, Mississippi. The passengers had been informed about potential problems with the Convair CV-240 and were told to brace for a crash. Van Zant died on impact from head injuries suffered after the aircraft struck a tree. Bandmates Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines, along with assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray, were also killed. The rest of the band was seriously injured. Van Zant was 29 years old.
Ronnie Dürrenmatt
Ronnie Dürrenmatt (born 30 May 1979 in Grenchen) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, specializing in the C1 class. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he finished 11th in the C1 event.