Billy Powell called 911 Tuesday night complaining of chest pains , police responded . `` Billy , you are truely free now . Paramedics found him unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene . Powell , however , survived 1977 plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Dyke and four others . ` ` Thanks for being you , '' a mourning fan writes on Lynyrd Skynyrd Web site .
Billy Powell called 911 Tuesday night complaining of chest pains , police responded . Paramedics found him unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene . Powell , however , survived 1977 plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Dyke and four others . ` ` Thanks for being you , '' a mourning fan writes on Lynyrd Skynyrd Web site .