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Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82

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Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone , dies at 82 .

Led by his leather jumpsuits and goggle shades, the band dazzled in 1969 at the Woodstock festival and set a new pace on the radio.

Sly's time on top was brief, roughly from 1968-1971 , but profound.

“Sly did so many things so well that he turned my head all the way around,” Clinton once wrote. “He could create polished R&B that sounded like it came from an act that had gigged at clubs for years , and then in the next breath he could be as psychedelic as the heaviest rock band.” Hillel Italie , The Associated Press .

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