ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77
Longtime ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died aged 77, the band said. A statement on the blues-rock band's website said he died on Monday in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side.
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Longtime ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died aged 77, the band said. A statement on the blues-rock band's website said he died on Monday in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side. His cause of death was not specified. Beard's passing "necessitates the cancellation" of the band's tour dates this week in Utah and Colorado, the statement said.
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- Longtime ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died aged 77, the band said. A statement on the blues-rock band's website said he died on Monday in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side.
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was dealing with ‘health issue’ that kept him off stage for nearly a year before death
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