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https://people.com/zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-dead-age-77-hospice-care-12062769
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died. He was 77.
A rep for the late drummer confirmed that he died on Monday,
Aug. 17 at his ranch in Richmond, Texas while in hospice care.
No cause of death has been revealed.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE, ZZ Top's lead singer Billy
F. Gibbons said, "Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and
collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally
innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His
signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top."
He added that ZZ Top "is going to keep on keeping on as he had
wished."
Gibbons, 76, also shared a shorter statement on Instagram
honoring the late drummer on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and
the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers
and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was
key to keeping ZZ on top," he wrote on the official ZZ Top page
alongside a photo of his late bandmate.
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