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Leonard Skinner, Who Inspired Band Name, Dies at 77

Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths Leonard Skinner has died. No, not the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, but the gym teacher who inspired the iconic group's bizarre name. Skinner, a former basketball coach and the most famously strict gym teacher in rock and roll history, died ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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00:04 on September 21 2010

Leonard Skinner, Who Inspired Band Name, Dies at 77

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths Leonard Skinner has died. No, not the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, but the gym teacher who inspired the iconic group's biz... more info
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