George Brown, a founding member and drummer of the group Kool & the Gang, who played on funk, disco and pop hits that featured prominently in movies and have been sampled numerous times, died on Thursday in Long Beach, Calif. He was 74.
His death, at a hospital, was confirmed in a statement by the band's publicist, who said the cause was cancer. Mr. Brown had said publicly that he had lung cancer.
In a July interview with NPR, he described Kool & the Gang as the sound of happiness.
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