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Breaking: ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 19 August 2026 at 6:08 am

Lead singer Billy Gibbons says the world has lost "one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas".

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