Chuck Berry, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer, Dead at 90
Chuck Berry performs at the Congress Theater on January 1, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images) Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called “the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” was found dead Saturday at a residence outside St. Louis, police in St. Charles County said. He was 90. A post on the St. Charles County police Facebook page