Sly Stone Born Sylvester Stewart in 1943, he became "Sly" when a classmate misspelled his first name on the chalkboard. A gifted musician, by four he was singing on stage.

June 2025’s music losses include Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Mott the Hoople/Bad Company’s Mick Ralphs, Lou Christie and more.

June 2025 will be remembered for what it took away: two of American music's most visionary architects, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Wallace Stevens once wrote, "The pure products of America go crazy." ...

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson died two days apart, both 82 years old, geniuses of vastly different musical persuasions whose periods of greatest flourishing melded into one another.

Posted: June 15, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025 "Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the Beach Boys.

Oh no Brian Wilson and Sly Stone in one week ~ my world is in mourning 🙏🙏so sad ️ ️xx pic.twitter.com/NXPfKzy7Ml — Ronnie Wood (@ronniewood) June 11, 2025 Check out more tributes below: ...

This week’s Indiecast opens with a tribute to two fallen icons, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone, who both passed away at the age of 82 within a few days of one another.

At the center of it all was front man Sly Stone. Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary and an instrument.

This week the world of music lost an Icon, in fact this last few weeks haven’t been great, Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, but this ...