Sly Stone’s Death at 82: A Funk Legend’s Legacy Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, passed away on June 9, 2025, at the age of 82, leaving the music world in mourning for one of funk’s ...

Sly Stone, the leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone, one of the most influential bands in the development of funk, soul, R&B, rock and psychedelic music, has died. He was 82.

Cynthia Robinson, a founding member for Sly and the Family Stone who played trumpet, has died after a battle with cancer. The musician’s Facebook page and Billboard confirmed the news Tuesday ...

The concert took place on Easter morning, March 26, 1967, towards the end of Sly and the Family Stone’s residency at the Bay Area music venue Winchester Cathedral (they served as the house band ...

Sly Stone, leader of the funk band Sly and the Family Stone passed away due to complications with COPD and other health issues at age 82. The California native changed the sound of R&B, fusing ...

Sly Stone, of legendary group Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday at 82. Now, one fan recalls the night Sly showed up hours late to a D.C. show in 1970.

Sly’s influence has endured for decades. The top funk artist of the 1970s, Parliament-Funkadelic creator George Clinton, was a Stone disciple. Prince, Rick James and the Black-Eyed Peas were ...

Where were you when you heard the news about Sly Stone's June 9 death from COPD and, according to his family, "other underlying health issues"? I was on my way to a doctor's appointment, and I ...

Rock singer Sylvester "Sly" Stone of Sly and the Family Stone, Nov. 7, 1968. (AP Photo) Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular ...

Sly & The Family Stone has seen a resurgence in recent years. The group was the subject of Questlove’s recent documentary Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden Of Black Genius).

American soul funk group, Sly and the Family Stone in September 1970. From left: Larry Graham, Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Sly Stone, Freddie Stone and Cynthia Robinson.