(10 Jun 2025) Clients note: This item contains on-screen graphics, including AP branding. ASSOCIATED PRES Los Angeles - 9 June 2025 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirk Franklin, recording artist: (Reporter: "So we lost another icon today, Sly Stone. Any comments or thoughts on that?") "This is my first time hearing that. I did not know that. Yeah, my music was very much influenced by Sly Stone's funk, his groove, his sound. And this is a huge loss that I'm just now hearing about because he has been a