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Gil Scott-Heron dies aged 62.
He was a poet, arguably one of the greatest of the last 50 years.

Thoughts on his death /lit/?
Or his work in general?

Even if you didn't like him you got to admit he's a bad ass motherfucker.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391777/Revolution-Will-Not-Be-Televised-singer-Gil-Scott-He
ron-dies-62.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

>> No.1808830

>Jamie Byng, Gil Scott-Heron’s publisher in the UK, released the information via Twitter.

I hate that twitter is actually used for serious things so much

>> No.1808841

r.i.p.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD85APVez40

>> No.1808843

R,I.P. Dave Chapelle.

From Prince Basketball to WacArnold's, you kept me laughing.

>> No.1808845

man if gil scott-heron gets duplicate threads imagine how unreadable /lit/ is going to be when pynchon or mccarthy croaks

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>>1808843
>>1808843

>> No.1808856

>>1808830
word. The future is gay.

>> No.1808869

>>1808845
I'll always be amused by the fact that Salinger died like a day or two after /lit/'s creation

>> No.1808878 [DELETED] 

THERES ALREADY A THREAD OF THIS

SAGE

>> No.1808899 [DELETED] 

sage

>> No.1809720

>>1808899
>>1808899
>>1808878
>>1808878
anti sage

>> No.1809722

>>1808826
>He was a poet, arguably one of the greatest of the last 50 years.
I don't think so.

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>>1809722
>>1809722
>arguably

>> No.1809724

>>1808869
He died or it killed him?

>> No.1809727

>>1809723
So what, that means you admit he's a crap poet?

>> No.1809729

Yeah, this is sad news.
I had a listen-along earlier to Pieces of a Man with some people from /mu/. Was sad times.

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>>1809727
>>1809727
it means people have different opinions on it.
how fucking retarded do you have to be not to get that?

>> No.1809738

>>1809732
So that means you realize that your opinion is stupid and wrong? Why else would you have to use a stupid qualifier like "arguably"?

>> No.1809745

A rat did bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the moon.

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>>1809738
>>1809738

>> No.1809782

bumped

>> No.1809791

>>1809751
Ah, thanks for letting me know you were only trolling. Less work for me.

>> No.1809800

>>1809791
>>1809791
>implying you weren't trolling
sorry kiddo but get that /b/ shit outta here

>> No.1809818

>/lit/ actually respecting spoken word poets

Well I'll be damned.

Sad to see him go, he was a great poet.

>> No.1809835

oh man, and I just discovered him when I heard someone played "We almost lost detroit"

;_;

>> No.1809839

i wonder whether the funeral will be televised

>> No.1809846

>>1809839

If you understand his work, you know that the funeral has already happened, and it was not televised.

>> No.1809863

Just ordered The Nigger Factory. Also, D&E is a penis