Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron: The author of the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, which helped develop the sound that merged to become the rap, died in New York. Musician Gil Scott-Heron was 62. Scott-Heron recorded "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in 1970 in Harlem. He mixed minimalistic percussion and spoken-word performances tinged with politics in a style he sometimes referred to as blues logy. He recorded more than a dozen albums and wrote a handful of books. A friend who answered the telephone listed for his Manhattan recording company confirms he died Friday afternoon at a hospital. Doris C. Nolan said he died after falling ill on his return from a trip to Europe. Scott-Heron was born in Chicago on April 1, 1949. He grew up in Jackson, Tennessee