Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart, July 1973 (Michael Putland/Getty Images) The legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Sly Stone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funk music pioneer Sly Stone has died "after a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues," his family said ...

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 lied ...

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For the holiday weekend, we're revisiting our recent interview with Questlove. His documentary, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), examines Sly Stone's enormous impact on music — and the ...

NEW YORK – Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” ...

Sly Stone, a funk pioneer whose influence and impact as leader of the musical group Sly and the Family Stone was as enduring as his career was brief, died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82.