Editing Allen Collins (section)

{{short description|American guitarist (1952–1990)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Allen Collins
| image             = Allen Collins.jpg
| caption           = Collins in 1975
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| birth_name        = Larkin Allen Collins Jr.
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1952|07|19}}
| birth_place       = [[Jacksonville, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1990|01|23|1952|07|19}}
| death_place       = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Southern rock]]|[[blues rock]]|[[country rock]]|[[hard rock]]<ref name="AMG" >{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=mn0000170369 |tab=biography |label=Lynyrd Skynyrd: Biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>}}
| years_active      = 1964–1990
| occupation        = Guitarist
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
* [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
* [[Rossington Collins Band]]
* [[Allen Collins Band]]
}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|Kathy Johns|1970|1980|reason=died}}
| website           = 
}}

'''Larkin Allen Collins Jr.'''<ref>Brant 2002, p. 18</ref><ref>Odom 2002, p. 34</ref> (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the [[Southern rock]] band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]].