U.S. Activist, Poet and Singer Gil Scott-Heron Dies
Submitted on May 29, 2011
28 May 2011 - Al Jazeera
US poet and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron, credited with helping to inspire the development of rap, has died at the age of 62...Scott-Heron - best known for his spoken word piece 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', which critiqued mass media - used poetry as his vehicle for activism committed to the human rights of people around the world.
