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Butch Trucks, far right, with, from left, Jai Johanny Johanson, Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman in an undated photograph.
Richard E. Aaron/Redferns
Butch Trucks
Died on January 24, 2017 at age 69
Mr. Trucks was one of the founding members the Allman Brothers Band, which helped define Southern rock.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.