The Cemetery of Rock

R.I.P.


Duane Allman

of The Allman Brothers Band

Date of Birth: November 20, 1946
Date of Death: October 29, 1971

Cause of Death: Motorcyle crash in Macon, Georgia. In a strange twist of fate the next year on November 11, 1972 the Allman Brothers Band bass player Berry Oakley is also killed in a motorcycle accident three blocks away.

Final Resting Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia

Claim to Fame: Guitarist along with brother Greg in the Allman Brothers Band



A shot of Allman (right) and bass player Berry Oakley (left), who was later killed in mysteriously similar circumstances as Allman.
 


 



 
 
 
 
 
 

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