Stone changed R&B, soul and rock music forever (while helping to invent funk along the way) with a pop sensibility that few artists have ever even dreamed of.

Sly Stone died on Monday, surrounded by his family. Stone was married to model and actress Kathy Silva. He is survived by three children.

Sly Stone, San Francisco deejay turned funk music icon, has died, his family announced on Monday. He was 82.

Remembering Sly Stone, the musical visionary and lead of Sly and the Family Stone, who has passed away at 82.

It was also seven years after Mr. Stone arrived on the music scene promising “A Whole New Thing,” and boy, had he delivered. He introduced not just a whole new sound but a whole new kind of ...

Sly Stone, pioneer of early funk music, dies after 'prolonged' battle with illness The musician played a leading role in introducing funk, an Afrocentric style of music driven by grooves and ...

Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82 Formed in 1966-67, Sly and the Family Stone was the first major group to include Black and white men and women, and ...

Sly Stone, the legendary singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who led Sly and the Family Stone and made an indelible mark on music history, has died at 82.

Sly Stone , the musician known for his own brand of funk with Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82.

Sly Stone, frontman of the influential funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has passed away. He was 82. Stone’s family announced the iconic musician’s passing on Monday, June 9, via a statement ...

Music icon Sly Stone, the pioneering bandleader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died after a "prolonged battle" with COPD.