Michael Sumler, a beloved member of Kool & the Gang, died at the age of 71 in a fatal car crash. Sumler worked with the ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their band's hypeman and was known as "Chicago Mike," ...

Michael Sumler, known as Chicago Mike from Kool & the Gang, has died in a car accident in Georgia at the age of 71. He had ...

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's Michael Sumler was killed in a car crash just outside Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, local media reported.

Michael Sumler, Kool & the Gang 's resident hype man for more than three decades, died in a car crash in Mableton, Ga., on ...

Kool & the Gang's Michael "Chicago Mike" Sumler died in a crash on Sunday night. He was 71. MABLETON, Ga. — Michael Sumler, a ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia.

Cobb County Police Department said that he was involved in a head-on crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, Georgia.

Michael Sumler, the resident hype man for Kool & the Gang for more than three decades, has died in a car crash. His death was ...

Michael Sumler, a member of the iconic R&B band Kool & the Gang, tragically died at the age of 71 in a car accident. The Grammy-winning band confirmed the news of Sumler’s death on Thursday.