Talk:Sly Stone

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Was he born -44 or -43? It says diffrent everywhere! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.75.102 (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SLY! - next to james brown - is the most important funk innovator of all time!

Did he ran off the stage at the Grammy's before the conclusion of the performance? Kenimaru 11:06, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, he did. I saw it on TV and was the one who added that info...I think that there were numerous news articles about the performance and I'm sure one of them could be cited for that piece of information. M. Stern 04:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hopefully this solves the photo problem here?

I uploaded a CC-BY-SA photo to Wikimedia Commons and placed it here in the infobox, so I hope that will solve the photo issue. :) --Leahtwosaints (talk) 02:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ACTUALITY & LAWSUIT

Someone should consider to update any new information about the actual lawsuit. It would be very appreciated. I'm following it with great interest.