Sly Stone...Homeless

New York Post reports that funk legend Sly Stone is homeless and living in a white van in Los Angeles:

The van is parked on a residential street in Crenshaw, the rough Los Angeles neighborhood where “Boyz n the Hood” was set. A retired couple makes sure he eats once a day, and Stone showers at their house. The couple’s son serves as his assistant and driver.

Don't take in this news without also reading this:  Rolling Stone's assessment of Sly and the Family Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Artist of All Time.   Amen.

Here he is is at his height (along with the great Larry Graham on bass): The Andy Williams Show (of all places), 1970: