{"id":75777,"date":"2025-05-29T06:44:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=75777"},"modified":"2025-05-29T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:44:46","slug":"kool-the-gang-legend-michael-sumler-dies-in-car-crash-aged-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/kool-the-gang-legend-michael-sumler-dies-in-car-crash-aged-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Kool &#038; the Gang legend Michael Sumler dies &#8216;in car crash&#8217; aged 71"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1FFd2k.img?w=534&amp;h=355&amp;m=6&amp;x=88&amp;y=126&amp;s=1674&amp;d=612\" alt=\"Kool &amp; The Gang won two Grammys and were induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024 (Picture: Ebet Roberts\/Redferns)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Sumler, member of funk and R&amp;B group Kool &amp; the Gang, has died at the age of 71. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/entertainment\/music\/kool-the-gang-legend-michael-sumler-dies-in-car-crash-aged-71\/ar-AA1FFfsX?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=063a814cc3bc464191622d8045665c5f&amp;ei=19\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; Michael Sumler, member of funk and R&amp;B group Kool &amp; the Gang, has died at the age of 71. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Michael-Sumler.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75779,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75777\/revisions\/75779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}