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Michael Sumler, Kool & the Gang’s Beloved Hype Man, Dead at 71
Kool & The Gang‘s Michael Sumler passed away over the weekend at the age of 71. As reported by Fox 5 Atlanta, Sumler — known by fans as “Chicago Mike” — died in a car crash in Georgia’s Cobb County just after midnight on Saturday (May 24) when he collided with another vehicle on Veterans Memorial Highway near Buckner Road.
The news was confirmed to CNN via email from Kool & the Gang’s publicist Jerry Digney ... Brown – along with Ricky Westfield, Ronald Bell and his brother Robert “Kool” Bell, and ...
Kool & The Gang landed, for good ... some Jersey City friends — guitarist Charles Smith, keyboardist Ricky West (or Westfield), trumpet player Robert "Spike" Mickens, drummer George Brown ...
Kool & the Gang was founded by Bell, his brother Ronald Bell and their New Jersey high school friends Ricky Westfield, George Brown, Spike Mickens, Dennis Thomas and Charles Smith, all of whom ...
George "Funky" Brown, the longtime drummer and co-founding member of the genre-blending band Kool & the Gang, died Thursday ... Woodrow "Woody" Sparrow, and Ricky West. Over the past six decades ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kool & The Gang, which will be inducted to the ... and flautist Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, keyboardist Ricky Westfield, drummer George “Funky” Brown, and guitarist Charles ...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are not the only New Jersey group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame playing the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park this weekend. Kool and the Gang are ...
In a July interview with NPR, he described Kool & the Gang as “the sound of happiness.” In 1964, Mr. Brown linked up with Ricky Westfield and the brothers Ronald Khalis Bell and Robert “Kool ...
and Ricky West, Brown started Kool & the Gang in 1964. He remained with the band for 59 years, finally retiring this past August. He played drums for his first quarter century with the group ...
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