Michael Sumler of Kool & the Gang died in a car crash in Mableton, Georgia. The band, known for its R&B and funk hits, mourns the loss of their longtime member.

He is best known as “Chicago Mike,” the hype man and wardrobe valet for R&B/soul group Kool & the Gang. Police say the incident happened on Veterans Memorial Highway, west of Buckner Road, at ...

Michael Sumler, the resident hype man for Kool & the Gang for more than three decades, has died in a car crash.. His death was confirmed by the Cobb County Police Department, who indicated that ...

MABLETON, Ga. — Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the iconic funk band Kool & the Gang, died Sunday night in a crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb County. He was 71.

Kool & the Gang's Michael "Chicago Mike" Sumler died in a crash on Sunday night. He was 71. Michael Sumler, known as 'Chicago Mike,' dies in a crash in Cobb County.

Kool & the Gang's Michael "Chicago Mike" Sumler died in a crash on Sunday night. He was 71. To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app. Download the News 8 app. More Videos.

MABLETON, Ga. — Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the iconic funk band Kool & the Gang, died Sunday night in a crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb County. He was 71.

MABLETON, Ga. — Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the iconic funk band Kool & the Gang, died Sunday night in a crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb County. He was 71. Known to fans as ...