Drummer with ZZ Top for more than five decades whose mastery of the ‘Texas shuffle’ was central to their sound Renowned for being the only member of the Texan trio ZZ Top not to wear an outlandishly ...

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard was still in performing shape, photographed with his legendary bandmates months before his death. Beard, seated behind his trusty drum kit, took the stage behind bassist ...

Frank Beard, the Texas-bred drummer for ZZ Top for 56 years, has died. He was 77. The band's representative shared in a statement to USA TODAY that Beard died Aug. 17 while in hospice care at his ...

Tributes paid to ‘great friend and collaborator’ who played with band for 56 years and died in hospice care in Texas The ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at the age of 77. A spokesperson for the ...

Frank Beard, longtime ZZ Top drummer, has died, the band confirmed to CBS News. He was 77. A cause of death was not immediately provided, but the band's publicist said in a statement, "He was in ...

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Frank Beard, the legendary drummer for ZZ Top, died Monday, Aug. 17, at the age of 77. News of Beard’s death was announced a day later, with a statement noting he "was in hospice care when he passed ...

Beard traveled the world, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and claimed a Guinness World Record with the beloved rock band.

Frank Beard was an American drummer who had a net worth of $50 million at the time of his death in 2026. Frank Beard was best known as the longtime drummer of ZZ Top, the Texas blues-rock trio whose ...

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The world lost a musical icon this week. Frank Beard, the founding drummer of the rock band ZZ Top, passed away on Monday, Aug. 17, after a series of health struggles. The musician was 77 years old.

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 ...