ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

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A statement on the blues-rock band's website said he died on Monday in hospice

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of top, drummer, frank, beard, dies: A statement on the blues-rock band's website said he died on Monday in hospice.