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We're joined by music historian and professor Rickey Vincent to talk about the legacy of Sly Stone. He talks to us about what made the funk icon so special and why there'll never be another like Sly ...
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. Stone died peacefully after a prolonged ...
Black Music Month, founded in 1979 by Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble, and Ed Wright, continues to inspire in 2025. This year, we honor the legacy of Sly Stone and reflect on how African American ...
Sly Stone’s cousins could not be more proud of his legacy, his musical genius, and their never-ending bond.
Sly Stone, funk pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday at the age of 82, following what his family described as “prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health ...
The dystopian scene was a far cry from a Sly concert the year before: Woodstock in ‘69, where the band, operating at the peak ...
Sly Stone was one of the most unique people in any form of entertainment. Brilliant, unpredictable, but overall an absolute genius. Stone died at 82.
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, the visionary frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died at age 82 on June 9, 2025, after a groundbreaking career that revolutionized popular music with its blend of funk, soul, rock ...
Funk master and iconic music innovator Sly Stone, whose songs drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, sparking influential albums but also a slide into drug addiction, has ...
Sly Stone dealt with health issues privately throughout the end of his life. The Sly and the Family Stone leader's family announced his death at age 82 in a statement on Monday, June 9 and ...
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.