Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family.

Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of popular music before he abruptly retreated from the spotlight and became the ...

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old. "After a prolonged battle with COPD and other ...