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 favorite Celebration, died Thursday in Los Angeles at age 74.
Brown died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released by Universal Music. He had retired earlier in the year, nearly 60 years after the band began, and revealed that he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
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