George 'Funky' Brown, longtime drummer and co-founder of Kool & the Gang, dead at 74
George "Funky" Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & the Gang who helped write such hits as Too Hot, Ladies Night, Joanna and the party favourite Celebration, died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 74.
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George "Funky" Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & the Gang who helped write such hits as Too Hot, Ladies Night, Joanna and the party favourite Celebration, died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 74.