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

Known for his work as both a stylist and a hypeman, Michael Sumler was killed on Sunday in Georgia's Cobb County.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

The 71-year-old musician died near Mableton, north of Atlanta, on Sunday night when the car he was driving was involved in a ...

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“Everyone here at Kool & the Gang has fond memories of Mike and will miss him. May he rest in peace.” Sumler, who was lovingly nicknamed “Chicago Mike,” died in a car crash in Cobb ...