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.