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Bob Merlis person

Named in 9 reports across 1 story - 18 Aug – 19 Aug
18 Aug 202619 Aug 2026

The record - coverage naming Bob Merlis 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

The web around Bob Merlis

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

Frank Beard and Texas share 6 reportsBilly Gibbons and Texas share 6 reportsBilly Gibbons and Frank Beard share 6 reportsBilly Gibbons and Elwood Francis share 5 reportsElwood Francis and Frank Beard share 5 reportsElwood Francis and Texas share 5 reportsFrank Beard and ZZ Top share 3 reportsFrank Beard and Richmondu share 3 reportsRichmondu and ZZ Top share 3 reportsDallas and Frank Beard share 2 reportsAP and ZZ Top share 2 reportsDusty Hill and Texas share 2 reportsDusty Hill and Frank Beard share 2 reportsDallas and Texas share 2 reportsBilly Gibbons and Dallas share 2 reportsBilly Gibbons and Dusty Hill share 2 reportsDallas and Dusty Hill share 2 reportsAP and Frank Beard share 2 reportsAP and Richmondu share 2 reportsChris Pizzello and Elwood Francis share 1 reportDallas and Elwood Francis share 1 reportChris Pizzello and Dusty Hill share 1 reportBilly Gibbons and Chris Pizzello share 1 reportDusty Hill and Elwood Francis share 1 reportChris Pizzello and Dallas share 1 reportChris Pizzello and Frank Beard share 1 reportChris Pizzello and Texas share 1 reportBob MerlisFrank BeardFrank Beard - 9 shared reports (person)Billy Gibbo…Billy Gibbons - 6 shared reports (person)TexasTexas - 6 shared reports (place)Elwood Fran…Elwood Francis - 5 shared reports (person)RichmonduRichmondu - 3 shared reports (place)ZZ TopZZ Top - 3 shared reports (organization)APAP - 2 shared reports (organization)DallasDallas - 2 shared reports (place)Dusty HillDusty Hill - 2 shared reports (person)Chris Pizze…Chris Pizzello - 1 shared report (person)

The stories

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

35 outlets9 reports name Bob Merlis18 Aug – 24 Aug

People they appear with

Frank Beard9Billy Gibbons6Elwood Francis5Dusty Hill2Chris Pizzello1Dan Mitchell1Debbie Meredith1Hudebník1Jimmy Reed1Keith Richards1

Places in the same coverage

Texas6Richmondu3Dallas2France1Frankston1Hollywood1Houston1Jamaica1

Organisations in the same coverage

ZZ Top3AP2

Who keeps naming them

ČT24 (Czechia)1greatbendpost.com1kjrh.com1cleveland19.com1wndu.com1iRozhlas (Czechia)1Wirtualna Polska (Poland)1mercurynews.com1guitarworld.com1

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