{"id":862948,"date":"2026-08-18T21:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862948\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:14:21","slug":"zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-dead-at-77-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862948\/","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77 &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQWG9rU1gzelhOYzY2NXJvamxzUFNvX0JxX01BUjQ2ZE9IdGQ0aE9Ddzd1LU1uQThpWlEtT3JvaFZSUFk1Y3NSN3o0TE9PWmxtZ2JCUGVGQXJ2M19DYTc4RThYYVlCSGhYMHFNUVR6MlZXamtkdEpzd201bk9NZlpNbWJmVHZlY0x0bjFYNHVWcGI1c2Ffbmh5VUpfbU8ybklRdGZPZHAyWkpRQWl2MWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9XYWVMTUFGSlBEY2tXR2M1YWVPcGdvWG1qak5GLXNjenVjV0dFa05IbzM3UEhMMjhVY29oQmpENGNwSTkxX0hlSU1oZm82eGlndzFEemVPeEkzbnBXMGdscTR5MlhuQTAwcnhNRklwbW5UZzBjS1RWRllTcTBzR28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Frank Beard, Beardless Drummer for ZZ Top, Dies at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE5XOHVaYWV4VS11dHZ5R1BxOThOZHdxTkVUb04yem1PZ3NkeVRwWnFDMmdNclJ6d2k1bF9kTUE4RmVRV21vanFTalVkUElPcHJtNjNlWU5SOVdRcmF5UHNZUEdWYURvNjIwRmd5b1Vzc0hxN2Exc0MwUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOU1pGaGtBWF81eHcwZGhNUzJYOGM5Z1VhNnRVYW1JZ2Nla0Fmb1Z2OFV0Q1lKbndTSFlZMHFyRTY2Z19SYURrcDRfN2hTM3JMRVF5b3BrNnRaUzZrekZua1o2WDN2OFFGbkRfZ3V5ei1idVk2ZXdBWDFVLXFJYTY1em1jd2g2MTc4emfSAY8BQVVfeXFMUHExU3dHdHZwa3hpWWdvYTRzd1czOFl1U0hJWlR0X0dvaDRyWHFsX1pjVnpKNHRwZFh5YU5WWGptNTlWZXRjdllPSHY1N2ZJeGNQU0Nib0VxdnZPSHNVdThYTEhMZ0xoZFdJa2ZkRnJtdnZOUFVKVkozc3pXU1FNQUN5SlhTLWJEMnBmNUFDaHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Legendary ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPUlowa29uSEJ4b09jQmVSWmZlVkZCdk5EWGxRd1poeXZKSmY3NGlQaHo2TzNJOXFJbXNmMVNMSk5naGtEcmZ2bDRTY0FBTzNIUktMZzMzY21uZnRwSnhnTzVQczc3QTMyTFM4NWNWZXRpOWRjVHhQRmxaSzZnUnN5dG9yNXA2eFJuSnE1ekRJcWRWOUNzWVRLcFRGVmY4MjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Frank Beard, ZZ Top\u2019s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;rollingstone.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsFrank Beard, Beardless Drummer for ZZ Top, Dies at 77&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[76,49,48,75,77],"class_list":["post-862948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-arts","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}