Longtime Kool & the Gang member Michael Sumler, also known as Chicago Mike, passed away in a car accident on May 25 in ...

Michael Sumler, affectionately known as “Chicago Mike,” and a longtime member of the legendary funk and R&B group Kool & the Gang, died in a car crash over the weekend in Cobb County, Georgia. He was ...

Michael Sumler, known as "Chicago Mike," died in a car crash in Cobb County; he was a longtime member of Kool & the Gang.