associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place notable_instruments name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
lynyrd collins band skynyrd , the rossington-collins band , the allen 23 january 1990 jacksonville , florida 1964 -- 1986 jacksonville , florida gibson firebird gibson explorer fender stratocaster allen collins non_vocal_instrumentalist 19 july 1952 guitar southern rock allen collins.jpg allen collins
 larkin allen collins , jr. . musician , songwriter
allen collins

larkin allen collins jr. -lrb- july 19 , 1952 -- january 23 , 1990 -rrb- was one of the founding members and guitarists of southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd , and co-wrote many of the band 's songs with late frontman ronnie van zant .
he was born in jacksonville , florida .
