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Kool & the Gang co-founder and singer Ronald Bell dies aged 68 – ABC News
The man who founded the band that sang Celebration and Get Down On It dies, aged 68 at his home in the US Virgin Islands.
Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell, a co-founder, singer and producer of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 68.
Bell died at his home in the US Virgin Islands on Wednesday morning (local time) with his wife by his side, publicist Sujata Murthy said.
Kool and the Gang grew from jazz roots in the 1960s to become one of the major groups of the 1970s, blending jazz, funk, R&B and pop.
After a brief downturn, the group enjoyed a return to stardom in the 1980s.
Bell started the group with his b…
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