A cool life – in footage

[ad_1] <img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/2ee1/live/c0feb540-459f-11f0-a07f-a3f2cfa0ff5b.jpg.webp" loading="eager" alt="Getty Images Sly Stone wears a red hat and red jacket embelished with rhinestones. " class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Sly Stone of Sly And The Household Stone poses in London on 16 July 1973.

Sly Stone, a funk-rock star who led the group Sly and the Household Stone, has died on the age of 82, his household assertion.

A press release stated he had suffered a "prolongued battle" with the lung illness COPD.

Stone, whose actual title was Sylvester Stewart, grew up singing gospel along with his siblings, and went on to play the Woodstock music pageant in 1969.

On the best way, Stone was a San Francisco radio DJ, earlier than he and his band hit the large time with hits together with It is a Household Affair and If You Need Me to Keep.

Stone was a large of funk music, identified for mixing psychedelia, funk, rock and soul, his large type and even larger hair.

Here's a collection of photos from his life.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5448/live/9461b8f0-4583-11f0-b383-e9c68febd2e5.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images A young Sly Stone wears a tweed jacket and sits in front of an old-fashioned microphone with a folder in front of him. He looks into the camera." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Earlier than Sly Stone, the younger Sylvester Stewart began out as a radio DJ in San Francisco, California.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/533c/live/bdcb6390-4587-11f0-bb4e-d7e09efd264b.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images Sly and other members of Sly and the Family stone sing on stage in front of a rainbow backdrop." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Sly fashioned his eponymous band, Sly and the Household Stone, within the late 60s. Right here, they're pictured in live performance in 1973 – tambourine, flares and all.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/d8a1/live/43462800-458a-11f0-9749-231763974f93.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images Sly Stone sings and dances in the centre of a room with other members of the band pictured around him in a circle on various instruments. Two large amplifiers are dotted around the room." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos If You Need Me To Keep was one of many band's most well-known songs, launched in 1973 on the album Recent. The band are pictured recording collectively that 12 months, with Sly in the course of the group.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5f10/live/675a90b0-4589-11f0-8a35-33228f3452b6.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images A large sign that reads "Soul Train" in capitals hangs above a stage where Sly and the Family Stone perform to a dancing audience" class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Sly and The Household Stone frequented tv present phases. Right here they're in 1974 acting on Soul Prepare, a vastly profitable American music programme.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/5497/live/03cc96d0-4582-11f0-b447-2fcc2c7b4119.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images A black and white image of Sly and the Family Stone. They stand between two white boards, close to one another." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos It is a household affair. A number of of Sly's siblings had been within the band. His sister Rosie (pictured backside left) and his brother Freddie (hidden behind Sly's hair) had been key members. Additionally pictured are Cynthia Robinson (behind Rosie) Larry Graham, Greg Errico and Jerry Martini (from left descending to proper).

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/f22e/live/08bd26b0-458b-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images Sly Stone and his newlywed wife Kathy Silva grin and laugh, dressed in gold. She has confetti scattered through her hair." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Stone married mannequin and actress Kathy Silva (proper) on 5 June 1974. Their marriage ceremony was removed from intimate: tens of 1000's of followers packed out the Madison Sq. Backyard stadium in Manhattan to observe the couple tie the knot reside on stage. Later, they held their reception within the Waldorf-Astoria, the place this shot was taken.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/e6e2/live/b9f6e250-458f-11f0-9d21-fd9a54240b3f.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images Sly Stone rides a large elaborate chopper style motorbike in a black and white image. He has a leather jacket on with a large white star on the collar." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos Stone often performed alone during times of inner strife for the band within the Seventies. Following drug points, the group later fizzled out.

<img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/b919/live/20fc29a0-458c-11f0-b515-d54ba892fb43.jpg.webp" loading="lazy" alt="Getty Images Sly Stone is pictured later in his life wearing a huge white leather belt with the word 'Sly' embellished in silver. He has a matching silver jacket with the collar popped, and a tall bleached mohawk. He plays a white keyboard and sings into two microphones on stands." class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/> Getty Photos In 2006, the artist hit the Grammys stage in Los Angeles. He's remembered by his household as "a monumental determine, a groundbreaking innovator, and a real pioneer who redefined the panorama of pop, funk, and rock music".