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Billy Gibbons person

Named in 26 reports across 1 story - 18 Aug – 23 Aug
18 Aug 202623 Aug 2026

The record - coverage naming Billy Gibbons that changed after publication

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  1. mercurynews.comseen 20 Aug, 23:37headline rewrittenthe story

    ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies; Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was 77Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77

  2. ABC News (Australia)seen 19 Aug, 01:22headline rewrittenthe story

    Breaking: ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

The web around Billy Gibbons

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Billy Gibbons. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Billy Gibbons.

Frank Beard and Texas share 24 reportsDusty Hill and Texas share 14 reportsElwood Francis and Texas share 14 reportsElwood Francis and Frank Beard share 14 reportsDusty Hill and Frank Beard share 12 reportsDusty Hill and Elwood Francis share 9 reportsBob Merlis and Frank Beard share 6 reportsSalt Lake City and Texas share 6 reportsBob Merlis and Texas share 6 reportsFrank Beard and Salt Lake City share 6 reportsFrank Beard and Michael Monahan share 5 reportsHouston and Texas share 5 reportsFrank Beard and Michael Monahanfilling share 5 reportsMichael Monahanfilling and Texas share 5 reportsDusty Hill and Houston share 5 reportsFrank Beard and Houston share 5 reportsMichael Monahan and Texas share 5 reportsBob Merlis and Elwood Francis share 5 reportsElwood Francis and Michael Monahan share 5 reportsFrank Beard and Frankston share 4 reportsDusty Hill and Salt Lake City share 4 reportsDusty Hill and Michael Monahan share 4 reportsDusty Hill and Frankston share 4 reportsFrankston and Houston share 4 reportsFrankston and Texas share 4 reportsElwood Francis and Salt Lake City share 3 reportsElwood Francis and Houston share 3 reportsElwood Francis and Frankston share 2 reportsBob Merlis and Dusty Hill share 2 reportsBob Merlis and Frankston share 1 reportMichael Monahan and Salt Lake City share 1 reportFrankston and Salt Lake City share 1 reportBob Merlis and Salt Lake City share 1 reportHouston and Michael Monahan share 1 reportBob Merlis and Houston share 1 reportHouston and Salt Lake City share 1 reportBilly GibbonsTexasTexas - 26 shared reports (place)Frank BeardFrank Beard - 24 shared reports (person)Dusty HillDusty Hill - 14 shared reports (person)Elwood Fran…Elwood Francis - 14 shared reports (person)Bob MerlisBob Merlis - 6 shared reports (person)Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City - 6 shared reports (place)HoustonHouston - 5 shared reports (place)Michael Mon…Michael Monahan - 5 shared reports (person)Michael Mon…Michael Monahanfilling - 5 shared reports (person)FrankstonFrankston - 4 shared reports (place)

The stories

Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s Hard-Shuffling Drummer, Dead at 77

35 outlets26 reports name Billy Gibbons18 Aug – 24 Aug

People they appear with

Frank Beard24Dusty Hill14Elwood Francis14Bob Merlis6Michael Monahan5Michael Monahanfilling5Nick Deriso3Dan Mitchell2Debbie Meredith2John Douglas2Auditorio Nacional1Bill Ham1Billy Elwood1

Places in the same coverage

Texas26Salt Lake City6Houston5Frankston4Dallas3Mexico3America1

Who keeps naming them

iheart.com5961theeagle.com3shark1053.com2ABC News (Australia)1greatbendpost.com1kslx.com1kjrh.com1krdo.com1cleveland19.com1wndu.com1hngn.com1foxrochester.com1

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