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A founding member and drummer of the group Kool & the Gang, George Brown played on funk, disco, and pop hits that featured prominently in movies and have been sampled numerous times.
George Brown, whose funk-inspired drumbeats defined numerous breakaway hits by the Grammy-award winning band Kool & the Gang, died Thursday at a hospital in Long Beach, Calif. He was 74.