Michael Sumler, Kool & the Gang's resident hype man for more than three decades, died in a car crash in Mableton, Ga., on Sunday. He was 71. The Cobb County Police Department confirmed Sumler's death ...

The band's hype man, who energized crowds with his energetic choreography, died in a car crash over the weekend ...

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

Kool & the Gang's Michael "Chicago Mike" Sumler died in a car crash in Mableton, Georgia over Memorial Day Weekend.

Michael Sumler, who spent a decade and a half working with the iconic group Kool & the Gang, died over the weekend at age 71.

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

Michael Sumler, affectionately known as "Chicago Mike," member of the funk band Kool & the Gang, died at age 71 in a car ...

MABLETON, Ga. — Michael Sumler, a longtime member of the iconic funk band Kool & the Gang, died Sunday night in a crash on ...

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Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, a longtime hype man and stylist for the legendary R&B group Kool & the Gang, has died ...