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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1560/
- Published: 2026-08-20T18:30:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-20T18:30:27.000Z
- Description: Beard was in hospice care when he died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, band representative Bob Merlis said.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Music

> Frank Beard, the longtime drummer of American rock-blues group ZZ Top, has died at the age of 77, the band and their publicist announced Tuesday.  
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> Beard, whose beats carried hits like “La Grange” and “Sharp Dressed Man”, had stepped back from touring last year after unspecified health issues.  
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> ZZ Top’s lead singer Billy Gibbons paid tribute to Beard as a “great friend and collaborator”.  
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> “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,” Gibbons said.  
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> “The band of which he was part for six decades is going to keep on keeping on as he had wished.”  
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> Beard was in hospice care when he died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, band representative Bob Merlis said.  
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> NZ Herald

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