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Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell dies aged 68 – NEWS.com.au
Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell dies aged 68
The man who famously wrote iconic songs such as Celebration and Jungle Boogie has died.Ronald “Khalis” Bell, who co-founded funk and R&B pioneers Kool & The Gang, was 68.
The band’s publicist said Bell died in his Virgin Islands home with his wife by his side but no cause has been given.
Bell started the group with his brother Robert “Kool” Bell along with neighbourhood friends Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, Robert “Spike” Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown and Ricky West.
He wrote some of t…
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