Billy will be missed, for sure. For those of you that want quick links, here is http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/28/lynyrd-skynyrd-keyboardist-billy-powell-dead-at-56/ link that Mofimadness added.
Cheers....and God bless Billy Powell, now he can join Ronny, Leon, Steve, and Allen jamming in heaven.
John