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Gil Scott-Heron - in pictures

Gil Scott-Heron: Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron in 1974 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives
Gil Scott-Heron: FILE: Poet and Musician Gil Scott-Heron Has Died
Gil Scott-Heron performing onstage in 1974 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives
Gil Scott-Heron: Gil Scott-Heron with his son
Gil Scott-Heron with his son in February 1975 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives
Gil Scott-Heron: FILE: Poet and Musician Gil Scott-Heron Has Died
Gil Scott-Heron performimg in 1977 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives
Gil Scott-Heron: Gil Scott-Heron with Wife Brenda Sykes
Gil Scott-Heron in Los Angeles with then wife Brenda Sykes, April 1980 Photograph: Neal Preston/Corbis
Gil Scott-Heron: Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron in Harlem, New York, 2010, the year he released a well-received album, I'm New Here, after a 16-year absence Photograph: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images
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