Robert Lewis `` Bob '' Burns Jr. ( November 24 , 1950 -- April 3 , 2015 ) was an American drummer who was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd .
Robert Louis `` Bob '' Burns Jr. ( November 24 , 1950 -- April 3 , 2015 ) was an American drummer . He was in the original line-up of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd .