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Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82

Sly Stone, the influential, eccentric and preternaturally rhythmic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose run of hits ...
Sly Stone performs at the Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, Calif., on April 18, 2010. Stone, the influential, eccentric and preternaturally rhythmic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose run of hits in the late 1960s and early ’70s with his band the Family Stone could be dance anthems, political documents or both, has died. He was 82. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)

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