Ronnie Van Zant Wife: Who is Judy Seymour

Judy Seymour is the widow of Ronnie Van Zant an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist, primary lyricist and founding member of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Ronnie married Judy Seymour in 1972 after meeting her at The Comic Book Club through Gary Rossington in 1969.

The couple had one daughter, Melody, born in 1976, and remained married until his death in 1977.

Judy Van Zant-Jenness founded Freebird Live in 1999, a music venue located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

It featured Lynyrd Skynyrd memorabilia and was co-owned by Melody Van Zant. Judy married Jim Jenness and founded and ran The Freebird Foundation until its dissolution in 2001.

Ronnie Van Zant died tragically in a plane crash on October 20, 1977. The cause of the crash was a mechanical failure, but the exact cause of Van Zant’s death was due to blunt force trauma to the head and chest.