Sly Stone, influential leader of Sly and the Family Stone who revolutionized funk, soul, R&B, rock and psychedelic music, has died at 82 after battling COPD and other health issues.

Sly Stone, the remarkable, eccentric frontman, singer, songwriter and producer of his family group, Sly & the Family Stone, died in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9. The musical icon had been ...

Stone would’ve been in his early 30s, and could no longer access the luxury of oasis-making. “Family Affair,” from “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” is the last of the band’s biggest hits ...

It was also seven years after Mr. Stone arrived on the music scene promising “A Whole New Thing,” and boy, had he delivered. He introduced not just a whole new sound but a whole new kind of ...

Sly Stone's legacy will live on in the revolutionary music he recorded in his prime, not to mention the music that music inspired, as celebrated in a recent documentary by Questlove of The Roots ...

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Sly and the Family Stone achieved widespread fame in 1967 Michael Ochs Archives Stone’s influence on pop, funk and rock music was solidified with the release of the band’s album “Stand ...

Sly Stone, the funk music pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82, his manager, Arlene Hirschkowitz, confirmed to CBS News.

Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop and funk music innovator, has died. He was 82. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and ...

Sly Stone died on Monday, June 9 at the age of 82, his family announced. The musician was best known as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, the influential psychedelic soul and funk band that ...

Sly Stone in 1973. Michael Putland/Getty Born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, on March 15, 1943, Stone was raised in the Bay Area of California, where he began embracing his love of music at a ...