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Member of Kool & the Gang killed in crash during Memorial weekend in Cobb County

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2024 KOOL & THE GANG - Performer category (Michael Ochs Archives)

COBB COUNTY, GA — Kool & the Gang member Mike Sumler, known as “Chicago Mike,” was killed in a car crash in Cobb County over the Memorial Day weekend.

Investigators believe Sumler’s car crossed into the opposite lanes on Veterans Memorial Highway Sunday night, striking another car head-on.

The other driver was not injured.

Sumler was 71 years old. He joined Kool & the Gang in 1985. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.

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