#kathy silva

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Sly Stone and Kathy Silva at their wedding reception with John Phillips, Amanda Lear, Andy Warhol, Jed Johnson, Francesco Scavullo, Diane von Furstenberg, Lorna Luft, Sidney Luft, and Donyale Luna at the Starlight Roof atop the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on June 5, 1974.

Photos by Oscar Abolafia

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Kathy Silva and Sly Stone, Los Angeles, CA, 1974

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Kathy Silva and Sly Stone, Los Angeles, CA, 1974 (The year they got married)

📷©️ Norman Seef via MHG (She's Kathy Silva, not Silver)

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

The wedding at Madison Square Garden that everyone is talking about . Sly Stone and Kathy Silva in 1974.

What?

Who?

Well, good for them.

[belovedbluv]

Sly Stone on June 4th, 1974 married Model-Actress Kathy Silva in front of a crowd of 21,000 fans as his opening act in Madison Square Garden. Soul Train host, Don Cornelius, was the Mc. The Talk show host, Gernaldo Rivera was an Usher. Edgar Winter, model Penelope Tree, Andy Warhol, Amanda Lear and Diane Von Furstenberg were among the guests. The suit and gown was designed by Roy Halston. Sly paid $10,000 to have costumes not just for Himself and Kathy, but for Sly’s mother, Mrs. K. C. Stewart, Kathy’s mother, Mrs. William Silva, Sly’s sisters, Rose, Vet, and Loretta, his brother Freddie, his brother-in-law Bubba, his friend Buddha, the members of The Family Stone, three backup singers with The Family Stone, and twelve young black models who would appear onstage at the wedding. The Couple would divorce two years later though.

[voguefashion]

Sly Stone and Kathy Silva wearing Halston on their wedding day at Madison Square Garden on June 5, 1974. Photographed by Ron Galella.

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Kathy Silva in Soylent Green (1973)

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sly stone and kathy silva (1974)