On Friday (Nov. 17), CBS New York reported that Kool & The Gang drummer George “Funky” Brown has passed away at the age of 74. According to a representative, the musician lost his battle with stage ...

George Brown, the co-founder, drummer, and songwriter for Kool & the Gang, died Thursday, Nov. 16, after a battle with cancer. He was 74. A rep for Kool & the Gang confirmed Brown’s death in a ...

When George “Funky” Brown passed away in 2023 from lung cancer, he was commemorated as the drummer for Kool & the Gang whose remarkable 60-year career took the band from the hardscrabble streets of ...

George “Funky” Brown, Kool & the Gang’s drummer, keyboardist, and founding member, has passed away. A representative confirmed to the Guardian that Brown had died of lung cancer. He was 74. Along with ...

rep for the group confirmed in a statement Brown lost his battle with Stage 4 lung cancer on Thursday night (November 16). Kool & The Gang drummer George “Funky” Brown has died mere months after ...

The musician was among the founding members and songwriters of the iconic funk group Isa Foltin/Getty George “Funky” Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, has died at age 74. A rep for the ...

George “Funky” Brown, the drummer, founding member and one of the main songwriters of pop-R&B group Kool & The Gang, died in Los Angeles last night following a battle with lung cancer. He was 74.

Few artists have been sampled by hip-hop producers more than Kool & the Gang. George “Funky” Brown’s drums have formed the backdrop to countless rap classics, while the group’s horn section has, for ...

George Brown, a founding member of Kool & the Gang who played drums with the band and co-wrote such enduring standards as “Celebration,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Ladies Night,” died of lung cancer in L.A.

The music world is mourning the passing of George "Funky" Brown, the iconic drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang, who has died at the age of 74 after a battle with stage four lung cancer.