Saturday, May 28, 2011
GIL SCOTT-HERON DIES
A terrible loss......
Gil Scott-Heron, the US poet and songwriter, has died at age 62.
Scott-Heron died yesterday at a New York hospital. He fell ill after returning from a trip to Europe, news reports said.
Considered a voice of African-American activism, Scott-Heron was also a musical critic of apartheid, war and nuclear power.
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