Kool & the Gang co-founder and singer, Ronald “Khalis” Bell, is dead. He was 68. Bell passed away in the U.S. Virgin Islands at his home on Wednesday morning with his wife by his side, publicist Sujata Murthy said. No information regarding his cause of death has been released. Koo...
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, died Wednesday at his U.S. Virgin Islands home at the age of 68, a rep confirmed toRolling Stone. A c...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get Down On It,” has died. He was 70. He died peacefully in his sleep Saturday in New Jersey, where he was a resident...
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...
8 cast members NameKnown for Kool & The Gang Themselves The Nice Guys(2016) Clifford Adams Self - Trombonist Kool & the Gang: Tonight!(1984) Robert 'Kool' Bell Self - Bass Guitarist 2 Fast 2 Furious(2003) George 'Funky' Brown
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Family members, friends, and fellow musicians of the beloved performer attempted to put together fund-raisers in an attempt to cover the astronomical costs of a liver transplant but unfortunately were not as successful as they had anticipated. Adams’ family did, however, receive some support from...
Bell founded Kool & the Gang with his brother, Robert “Kool” Bell, and their high school friends Dennis Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West in 1964. The band rose to prominence several years later, becoming one of the most successful soul and funk...
Kool & The Gang has sold millions of records with its catchy blend of jazz, funk and soul, what George Brown liked to call “the sound of happiness.”