A co-founder and singer for the group Kool and the Gang has died at the age of 68.

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Ronald “Khalis” Bell (above in white jacket) died at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands yesterday.  No cause of death was released.

Kool and the Gang was one of the major music groups in the 1970 and 80s.

Bell wrote and composed some of the group’s biggest songs including “Celebration.”

Ronald Bell was 68