Fellow Texan Frank Beard, the beardless one, dead at 77. Queda un hombre. He actually had a beard at times despite all the banter to the contrary—it just wasn’t as prominent as the other beards in ZZ Top. Hail and farewell to Frank Beard.

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Fellow Texan Frank Beard, the beardless one, dead at 77. Queda un hombre. He actually had a beard at times despite all the banter to the contrary—it just wasn’t as prominent as the other beards in ZZ Top. Hail and farewell to Frank Beard.


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