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Remembering Gil Scott-Heron Today on the 14th Anniversary of His Passing (May 27, 2011)

May 27, 2025 Albumism Staff
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Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Gil Scott-Heron’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below!

Born: April 1, 1949
Died: May 27, 2011
Biography | Readers’ Poll Results | Discography (Studio Albums):

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)
Pieces of a Man (1971)
Free Will (1972)
Winter in America (1974)
The First Minute of a New Day (1975)
From South Africa to South Carolina (1975)
It's Your World (1976)
Bridges (1977)
Secrets (1978)
1980 (1980)
Real Eyes (1980)
Reflections (1981)
Moving Target (1982)
Spirits (1994)
I'm New Here (2010)
We're New Here (2011)
Nothing New (2014)

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