Berry Oakley, bassist of the Allman Brothers Band, died in a motorcycle accident in Georgia.

Berry Oakley, founding member and bassist of the Allman Brothers Band, died on November 11, 1972, at 24, in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. His death occurred three blocks from where bandmate Duane Allman was killed in a similar accident a year earlier. Oakley was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 with the band.

November 11, 2024
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