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

Donation Options Search Search Search Chicagoan Michael Sumler worked with Kool & the Gang as a stylist and hype man. Provided Share Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, who grew up on the Side Side ...

Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends ... The group confirmed Sumler’s death in a statement shared to social media. “We’re deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our ...

Michael Sumler, known as Chicago Mike of the legendary funk and R&B group Kool & the Gang, died in a car crash over the ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable ... died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71. His death was confirmed by a spokesman for the band. 11Alive, a TV station in ...

The R&B world lost two more notable names across the past week when former Kool & the Gang member Michael Sumler died in a ...

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

Mike Sumler, hype man of the Grammy Award-winning group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 71. Sumler died in a car crash over ...

The Spirit Lake Tribe has corrected the toll from Tuesday's deadly shooting in St. Michael to two dead and one critically injured. Details of what happened still were not released. The tribe on ...