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Hubert SumlinDobie GrayHeavy DRoger WilliamsBert JanschSylvia RobinsonDavid 'Honeyboy' EdwardsNick AshfordJerry LeiberBob FlaniganJani LaneTom GarvinMarshall GrantDan PeekAmy WinehouseClarence ClemonsCarl GardnerGil Scott-HeronArthur LaurentsPhoebe SnowHazel DickensPinetop PerkinsRalph MooneyFerlin HuskyNate DoggSuze RotoloGeorge ShearingJohn BarryGladys HortonCharlie LouvinDon KirshnerMargaret Whiting

The singer and poet "set the template'"for rap music. He combined social and political commentary with spoken words and musical grooves in 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' and other songs. He was 62. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gil-scott-heron-20110529,0,6942275.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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Gil Scott-Heron

( Mischa Richter )

The singer and poet "set the template'"for rap music. He combined social and political commentary with spoken words and musical grooves in 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' and other songs. He was 62. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2010

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