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

The news that Stewart — or Sly Stone as he will also be forever known — has left this world at 82 on June 9, 2025, is one more heartbreaking development in a troubled life that found the deeply soulf...

Six decades later, though, “Dance to the Music” still communicates a sense of boundless joy — even as it puts across a flicker of doubt about going so nice-and-smiley.

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high price for their gifts.

The 82-year-old Californian singer's death was announced by his family on Wednesday, saying they were heartbroken.

“Pet Sounds” is beautiful — with gorgeous vocal harmonies, haunting timbres and wistful lyrics of adolescent longing and estrangement.