He had a string of irresistible hits but his career was derailed by drug abuse, bankruptcy and a fondness for armaments

Stone's band transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair."

American songwriter lit up generations of dancefloors with his group Sly and the Family Stone

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and ’70s.

Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco deejay turned pop music innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82.

Funk music pioneer Sly Stone has died aged 82 after ‘a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues’ according to a family statement. He leaves behind a career…

The Sly & the Family Stone leader has died at 82. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.

The funk music icon died following a "prolonged battle" with COPD and other underlying health issues, his family said.

L’annonce a été faite par la famille du musicien, lundi. Multi-instrumentiste, ce dernier était à la tête du groupe Sly and the Family Stone, formation multiraciale et mixte, une…

The star behind the band Sly and the Family Stone had been battling numerous health issues

Il cantautore aveva 82 anni. Nella carriera anche l'impegno per i diritti civili

He had a string of irresistible hits but his career was derailed by drug abuse, bankruptcy and a fondness for armaments

Sly Stone, the legendary Sixties and Seventies funk singer, songwriter and producer of the band, Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday at the age of 82.

With the Family Stone, Sly was so audacious it was hard to believe his brilliance could ever be exhausted – making his unravelling all the more painful to watch

The singer and front man of Sly and the Family Stone was known for his big style and even bigger hair.

Funk visionary’s groundbreaking sound shaped generations of artists from Prince to OutKast.

Mit seiner Musik beeinflusste er den Funk in den 60er und 70er Jahren. Jetzt ist Sly Stone tot.

We would like to hear your memories of Sly Stone – whether you met him, or appreciated his work as a musician

Funk and soul musician whose band, Sly and the Family Stone, had a profound effect on US music in the 1960s and 70s

The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony — musical and otherwise — that he wasn’t able to hold together on his own.

He went from the towering highs of the 60s and 70s, where he changed the face of music, to the shambolic lows of a decades-long addiction. But interviewing the music genius over…