Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. “After a prolonged battle ...

Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.

Sly Stone fused joyful visions of the country with a deep understanding of its worst ills.

Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. “After a prolonged battle with COPD ...

A Sly Stone primer: 15 songs (and more) from a musical visionary A critic assesses songs that help explain the enduring impact of Sly & the Family Stone.

Sly and the Family Stone began touring shortly after their 1969 rise to fame. They even welcomed Bob Marley and his group, The Wailers, to open for one of their shows in 1973.

Sly Stone, the visionary bandleader and frontman to his legendary Family Stone, is dead at age 82, his family confirmed on Monday.

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.