Kool and the Gang has lost a founding member of their group.
Dennis"Dee Tee" Thomas has died at age 70.to fans on Facebook while also paying tribute to Thomas. The statement says that Thomas died"peacefully in his sleep" in New Jersey.
As for his final performance, the statement continued,"Dubbed 'the opening of America' by CNN, Kool and the Gang kicked off the 2021 season of the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on the 4th of July. Sadly, this was Dennis’ farewell appearance with the band." Thomas, who was living in Montclair, New Jersey, at the time of his death, was born on Feb. 9, 1951, in Orlando, Florida. News of Thomas' death comes nearly a year after his Kool and the Gang's bandmate, Ronald 'Khalis' Bell, died at 68 at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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