NEW YORK - The author of the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” has died in New York City. Musician Gil Scott-Heron was 62.
A friend who answered the telephone listed for his Manhattan recording company affirms he died Friday afternoon at a hospital. Doris C. Nolan says he died after becoming ill upon returning from a European trip.
Scott-Heron sang "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" in the 1970s in Harlem.
He has recorded more than a dozen albums and has written a handful of books.
Scott-Heron was born in Chicago on April 1, 1949. He was brought up in Jackson, Tenn.
A friend who answered the telephone listed for his Manhattan recording company affirms he died Friday afternoon at a hospital. Doris C. Nolan says he died after becoming ill upon returning from a European trip.Scott-Heron sang "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" in the 1970s in Harlem.
He has recorded more than a dozen albums and has written a handful of books.
Scott-Heron was born in Chicago on April 1, 1949. He was brought up in Jackson, Tenn.
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