Kool & the Gang member Michael Sumler has died in a car crash in Mableton, Georgia. "Chicago Mike," who became part of the ...

Kool & the Gang member Michael Sumler died on May 25, 2025, at the age of 71 in a car accident. The Cobb County Police Department confirmed his death, saying that Sumler's vehicle crashed into another ...

Michael Sumler from the Kool & The Gang died in a tragic car accident over the weekend in Georgia. He was 71 years old.

Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the iconic funk band Kool & the Gang, died Sunday night in a crash on Veterans Memorial ...

Initially a jazz band, Kool & the Gang evolved over the years, incorporating funk and R&B influences that led to massive commercial success. The group has won multiple Grammy Awards and is also a ...

Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang died Sunday in a Georgia car crash. He was 71. Sumler, known as "Chicago Mike," was a ...

That prompt in the late ’60s was what Kool & the Gang — a jazz group with a crack ... said of group’s early years, when it was making instrumental tracks influenced by both James Moody ...

Kool & the Gang, known for hits like Jungle Boogie, Celebration and Ladies Night, celebrates 55 years of music and over 80 million albums sold. Robert “Kool” Bell joined “News All Day” to ...

RASCOE: In your book "Too Hot," you talk about your early passion for music - drumming ... me up on the dance floor all these years. KOOL AND THE GANG: (Singing) Hollywood, Hollywood swinging.

He had retired earlier in the year, nearly 60 years after the band began, and revealed that he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Kool & The Gang has sold millions of records with its catchy ...

“That still sticks with me to this day.” Taylor had covered some Kool & the Gang songs in his early years, and at one point, Fillet of Soul got to open for the band. He tried to meet ...