Editing Sly Stone (section)

==Personal life==
Stone and producer [[Terry Melcher]] spent time together at Melcher's home in the late 1960s, and on more than one occasion Stone saw [[Charles Manson]] there.<ref>Toronto International Film Festival Inc. - [https://www.tiff.net/the-review/a-tale-of-two-seras-heathers A Tale of Two “Serás”: How ''Heathers references'' Doris Day and Sly Stone’s non-family affair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303072933/https://www.tiff.net/the-review/a-tale-of-two-seras-heathers |date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> According to Stone in a 2009 interview with ''[[LA Weekly|LA Weekly's]]'' Randall Roberts, he was once at Melcher's home playing music and had a small disagreement with Manson there, though Stone did not know who Manson was at the time.<ref>''[[LA Weekly]]'', May 25, 2009 - [https://www.laweekly.com/sly-stone-interviewed-on-kcrw-discusses-doris-day-terry-melcher-charles-manson-and-que-sera-sera/ Sly Stone Interviewed on KCRW: Discusses Doris Day, Terry Melcher, Charles Manson and "Que Sera Sera." - RANDALL ROBERTS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303072932/https://www.laweekly.com/sly-stone-interviewed-on-kcrw-discusses-doris-day-terry-melcher-charles-manson-and-que-sera-sera/ |date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> Stone met Melcher's mother, [[Doris Day]], through Melcher when Stone was interested in an old car that he thought one of them owned. When he met Day, he told her how much he liked her song "[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)|Whatever Will Be, Will Be]]", and they sat at the piano and sang it. After that, a rumor spread that Stone and Day were involved romantically.<ref>''Doris Day: Sentimental Journey'', By Garry McGee - [https://books.google.com/books?id=cfbcA3zFlNgC&dq=%22Terry+Melcher%22Sly+Stone%22Car&pg=PA41 Page 41] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042752/https://books.google.com/books?id=cfbcA3zFlNgC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22Terry+Melcher%22Sly+Stone%22Car&source=bl&ots=WKQLbd-fBe&sig=ACfU3U2H7xzWWZaiqHOPrUIlvnYnlqNsng&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR4p7-3f3nAhWMXisKHb7rBWQQ6AEwEnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Terry%20Melcher%22Sly%20Stone%22Car&f=false |date=July 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>Pop Matters, May 2, 2017 - [https://www.popmatters.com/on-wanting-sly-stone-to-take-us-higher-yet-again-2495394101.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 MUSIC, On Wanting Sly Stone to Take Us Higher Yet Again BY MARK REYNOLDS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303072944/https://www.popmatters.com/on-wanting-sly-stone-to-take-us-higher-yet-again-2495394101.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 |date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>

Stone married model-actress Kathy Silva on June 5, 1974, during a sold-out performance at [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sly Stone with Wife Kathy Silva|url=http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/BE021966/sly-stone-with-wife-kathy-silva|publisher=Corbis Images|access-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref> Their outfits were designed by [[Halston]]. They made elaborate plans for a laser-light show, a real-life "angel" flying on wires dropping gold glitter all over the crowd, and for thousands of doves to be released. The [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] threatened a lawsuit, which kept the doves from flying and the Garden wouldn't let the human "angel" fly unless Stone and company posted a $125,000 security bond. They declined to pay the fee, and also opted not to pay for the 200 extra security guards the venue demanded in order to allow the wedding party to stage a processional right through the audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/sly-stone-madison-square-garden-wedding/|title=40 Years Ago: Sly Stone Gets Married in Front of 21,000 Fans at Madison Square Garden|first=Matthew |last=Wilkening|website=The Boombox|date=June 5, 2014 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref>

They separated in 1976 after their son was mauled by Stone's dog.<ref name="PEOPLE.com" /> Silva later told ''People'' magazine. "I didn't want that world of drugs and weirdness." Still, she remembers, "He'd write me a song or promise to change, and I'd try again. We were always fighting, then getting back together."<ref name="PEOPLE.com" />

===Children===
Stone’s son Sylvester Jr. was born in late 1973. His mother is Kathy Silva.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheff |first=David |title=After Three Years of Taking Himself Higher, but Nobody Else, Sly Stone (of the Family) Tries a Comeback |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075592,00.html |work=People |date=January 14, 1980 |access-date=November 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310000517/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20075592,00.html |archive-date=March 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His first daughter Sylvyette, who now goes by her middle name Phunne, was born c. 1976. Her mother was Stone’s band member [[Cynthia Robinson]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Leovy |first=Jill |title=Cynthia Robinson, trumpeter and founding member of Sly and the Family Stone |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-1204-cynthia-robinson-20151205-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 3, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> Stone’s second daughter, Novena Carmel, born c. 1982, is a singer and performer, and also a booking agent at the Little Temple club in Los Angeles, now known as The Virgil, and currently a co-host for the popular public radio station [[KCRW]] on Morning Becomes Eclectic. She also worked with pop/[[Hip hop music|hip hop]] musician [[Wallpaper (musician)|Wallpaper]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

===Family===
Stone's cousin is [[Moses Tyson, Jr.]], who is a [[gospel music]]ian and [[organist]].<ref name="BET">{{cite web |title=Moses Tyson Jr. |url=http://www.bet.com/topics/m/moses-tyson-jr.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150409123045/http://www.bet.com/topics/m/moses-tyson-jr.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |work=[[BET]] |access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref>