Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop and funk music innovator, has died. He was 82. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone,

Sly Stone, the funk-music pioneer known as the lead member of Sly and the Family Stone, is dead at 82. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone,

Sly Stone, the funk music pioneer and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82, his manger, Arlene Hirschkowitz, confirmed to CBS News.