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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 ...

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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 died on Monday, Aug. 17 at his ranch in Richmond, Texas Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York ...

Frank Beard, ZZ Top‘s longtime drummer for the past 56 years, has died. He was 77. A representative for Beard confirmed that he died while in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with his ...

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