Gary Rossington Suffers Heart Attack: 'We Were Very Close To Losing Him'

Lynyrd Skynyrd dodged a serious bullet after Gary Rossington, the band's last living original member suffered a serious heart attack on October 8th, according to his daughter Mary Elizabeth. She posted the news on Ronnie Van Zant's Facebook page as a means to inform Skynyrd fans of her father's condition. The post read "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."

Rossington has been battling heart disease for at least 12 years since going under quintuple bypass surgery in 2003. "They went in to repair and unclog the two stents they did previously in the year which had a blood clot. [They also] added a third stent to one vein and in two weeks we will need to go in to do a fourth stent in one of his bypassed veins from 12 years ago," Mary Elizabeth stated.

Fans of Skynyrd, Southern Rock, and Rock n' Roll in general have been voicing their support for Gary. Even Foghat are showing their support!

(source: VH1)