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1969: Singer Sly Stone of the psychedelic soul group "Sly & The Family Stone" strums his Fender Telecaster electric guitar in 1969. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost

D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.

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