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Grammys 2021: The Jersey musicians, Antonoff, McBride, Snarky Puppy, who ruled

Burlington County Times 15 Mar 2021
Jersey musicians jazzed up the 2021 Grammy Awards ... The In Memoriam section of the Sunday awards show featured several late Jersey musicians, including RonaldKhalisBell, Jersey City, founding member of Kool and the Gang; Johnny Pacheco, North Bergen, an originator of salsa music; and Adam Schlesinger Montclair, of Fountains of Wayne ... .
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Ronald Bell obituary | Garth Cartwright

The Guardian 11 Sep 2020
Ronald Bell, who has died suddenly aged 68, wasn’t Kool – that was his older brother Robert’s nickname – but he co-founded the band with Robert in 1964 and remained a pivotal member for more than 50 years, playing multiple instruments, co-writing all their hits and ...
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Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald Bell dies aged 68

AOL 10 Sep 2020
US musicians George Brown (L), Robert 'Kool' Bell (3rd from L), Ronald Bell (2nd from R) and Dennis Thomas (L) of Kool & The Gang listen to James 'JT' Taylor (2nd from L) speech onstage during the Songwriters Hall of Fame 49th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 14, 2018 in New York City.
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Kool & The Gang’s Ronald Bell Dead At 68

Stereogum 10 Sep 2020
Singer and musician Ronald Bell, who founded the iconic funk and R&B group Kool & The Gang with his brother Robert, died on Tuesday, the New York Daily News reports ... Bell was drawn to jazz music from an early age, teaching himself how to play saxophone by copying his father’s musician friends’ records.
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Kool and the Gang's Ronald 'Khalis' Bell: a musical chameleon and disco giant

The Guardian 10 Sep 2020
His legacy pulses through pop RonaldKhalisBell dies aged 68 Ronald “Khalis” Bell was nothing if not an adaptable musician and songwriter ... of the musicians who had made 1973’s tough funk track Jungle Boogie, or 1980’s pop-disco anthem Celebration. Ronald Bell co-wrote all three.
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Ronald 'Khalis' Bell, Kool & the Gang co-founder and 'Celebration' songwriter, dies at 68

The Courier-Tribune 10 Sep 2020
RonaldKhalisBell, the self-taught musician who co-founded and sang in Kool & the Gang, one of the biggest bands of the 1970s, has died ... Bell died at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday morning with his wife, Tia Sinclair Bell, by his side, the band's publicist Sujata Murthy said in a statement.
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Ronald Bell, Kool & The Gang Star, Has Died At The Age Of 68

Huffington Post 10 Sep 2020
Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald Bell has died at the age 68 it has been announced. A rep for the musician said he died on Wednesday at his home in the US Virgin ...
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Ruben Studdard sings Luther Vandross at Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Nashville Pride 27 Feb 2020
Presented without orchestra Sunday, March 8, 2020, 7.30 p.m. at Schermerhorn Symphony Center ... Kool & The Gang, 3/22 Sunday 7.30 p.m ... Formed 50 years ago by brothers Robert and Ronald Bell, these spectacular GRAMMY®-winning musicians have performed together continuously longer than any other group in R&B history ... and 3/28 Saturday 8.00 p.m ... ....
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Today in History

The Logan Daily News 02 Nov 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47 ... Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 22.
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Horoscopes and celebrity birthdays for Friday, Nov. 1

Winona Daily News 01 Nov 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47 ... Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 22 ... .
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This day in history, Nov. 1, 2019

The News-Gazette 01 Nov 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47.
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Today in History, November 1: Motion Picture Association unveils new rating system in 1968

Southwest Daily News 01 Nov 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47 ... Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 22 ... .
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Today in History: Nov. 1, 2019

Dispatch Argus 01 Nov 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47 ... Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 22 ... .
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Today in History, Nov. 1

Republican American 31 Oct 2019
Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Khalis Bell (Kool and the Gang) is 68 ... Rock musician Eddie MacDonald (Smalltown Glory, The Alarm) is 60 ... Pop singer-musician Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 57 ... Rock musician Rick Allen (Def Leppard) is 56 ... Country musician Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) is 50 ... Rock musician Andrew Gonzales is 47 ... Actor-musician Alex Wolff is 22 ... .
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