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  "id": 1794451,
  "title": "ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dead: Tributes Pour in for Rock Legend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-dead-tributes-pour-in-for-rock-legend",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T20:08:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/frank-beard-death-zz-top-drummer-name-members-health-12338393"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, the band's rhythmic backbone for more than five decades, has died at 77, prompting tributes.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/frank-beard-zz-tops-hard-shuffling-drummer-dead-at-77",
        "published": "2026-08-18T19:17:21.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}