George Brown, the drummer of R&B giants Kool and the Gang since the band’s inception in 1964, died yesterday (November 16, 2023) in his Los Angeles home, following a battle with cancer. Brown is credited with co-writing several of the group’s biggest hits, including “Celebration,”“...
Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell has died at the age of 68.Courtesy of Tia Sinclair Bell Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond...
His death comes nearly one year after the passing of Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell, who died last September at the age of 68. Thomas is survived by wife, Phynjuar Saunders Thomas; daughter, Tuesday Rankin; sons, David Thomas and Devin Thomas; and numerous grandchildren...
Ricky West (original name Richard Westfield; born Jersey City—died 1985) James (“JT”) Taylor (born August 16, 1953, Laurens, South Carolina, U.S.) The group’s first charting single, “Kool and the Gang,” a horn-driven, highly rhythmic instrumental dance track, was followed by a ...
George Brown has died at the age of 74. Credit: AP George "Funky" Brown the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang has died at the age of 74. Brown, who helped write hits including "Too Hot" and "Celebration", died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement...
Bell, 68, died on Wednesday at his home in the US Virgin Islands with his wife by his side. The music legend co-wrote many of the band's most memorable songs, including party favourite Celebration, Jungle Boogie, Ladies Night and Get Down On It. ...
Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, longtime saxophonist and co-founding member of the legendary funk outfit Kool & The Gang, has died at the age of 70. The band announced Thomas’ death Saturday, revealing that he “passed away peacefully in his sleep” in New Jersey. No cause of death was prov...
Ronald Bell, a co-founder of one of the most influential funk and soul bands inKool & The Gang, has died. Also known as Khalis Bayyan, the songwriter and composer founded the band alongside his brother, Robert “Kool” Bell. As reported byBillboard, Bell died suddenly Wednesday morning...
SiriusXM is sad to report that Kool & the Gang co-founder, singer, and saxophonist Ronald “Khalis” Bell died in his U.S. Virgin Islands home on Wednesday, September 9, at the age of 68. SiriusXM’sVOLUME (Ch. 106)will be remembering the late musician by rebroadcasting a memorab...
Many of the band’s original and earlier members had passed away: Ricky West died in 1985; Claydes Charles Smith who had played guitar with the group, passed away in 2006; Robert “Spike” Mickens, another original member, died in 2010. ...