https://ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/kool-the-gangs-ronald-khalis-bell-dies-at-68
LOS ANGELES — Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald “Khalis” Bell, who was credited as a writer and producer on the group’s biggest hits — among them: 1980’s “Celebration” and 1985’s “Cherish” — died Wednesday Sept. 9 at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, his wife and agent Tia Sinclair Bell said in a statement on Sept. 10.
He was 68. The cause of death has not been revealed.