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Gregg Allman, Allman Brothers Co-Founder, Dies at 69

5/22/2026

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  • Gregg Allman, Allman Brothers Band member, died of liver cancer in Savannah, Georgia, in May 2017 at age 69.
  • He told a 1981 interview and the documentary *Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul* that he blamed God for his brother Duane Allman's death in a 1971 Macon crash.
  • He is survived by wife Shannon Allman, four children—Devon, Elijah Blue, Delilah Island, Layla—and three grandchildren.