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Events on Friday 27 May 2011 2
1949 – 2011Gil Scott-HeronAmerican poet, musician & authorGil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) was an American poet, musician and author whose spoken-word recordings — above all "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" — made him one of the most influential forefathers of hip-hop and a defining voice of Black political consciousness in American music.
2011Gil Scott-Heron dies in New York27 May 2011, aged 62Gil Scott-Heron died on the afternoon of 27 May 2011 in a Manhattan hospital, at the age of 62. He had been performing and touring almost until the end of his life.