Gil Scott-Heron Dies in New York at Age 62

Soul legend and «Godfather of Rap» Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in a New York hospital.

Photos: Archiv / Billboard

Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as «The Revolution Will Not Be Televised», died Friday at age 62.

A friend, Doris C. Nolan, who answered the telephone listed for his Manhattan recording company, said he died in the afternoon at St. Luke’s Hospital after becoming sick upon returning from a European trip.

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«The Revolution Will Not Be Televised»

-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS3QOtbW4m0

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Mehr:

http://gilscottheron.net/news/

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron

http://www.zoolamar.com/2010/02/09/slum-poetry-die-rueckkehr-des-spoken-word-hero-gil-scott-heron/

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,765428,00.html

http://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2011-05/gil-scott-heron-nachruf