Poet, Performer Sekou Sundiata Dies (cRummy connection)...

[dEMOK]

Source: Associated Press

Associated Press 07.20.07, 10:14 PM ET

NEW YORK - Sekou Sundiata, a Grammy-nominated poet whose work blurred the barriers between music, theater and literature, has died at the age of 58.<snip>

Sundiata performed his work on HBO's DEF Poetry Jam and in a national tour with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who says on her Web site that the writer "taught me everything I know about poetry." His first recording, "The Blue Oneness of Dreams," earned a Grammy nomination.<snip>

"The 51st (dream) State," which explored the state of America following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music in November.

"I thought maybe the 51st state is a dream state," he told The New York Times in an interview at the time. "Maybe the 51st state is a state of war. Rumsfeld has said the 21st century will be a time of constant war. You need dream language to get at it."<snip>






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[Mojorabbit]

1. I saw him do a poem

on frontline tonight. Big talent. So young, do you know what he died of?

[dEMOK]

2. He Died of Heart Failure...

... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/20/ap3937756.html

[YankeyMCC]

3. I'm a poorer person for having been ignorant of him until now

I heard a rerun of an interview he did for "Fresh Air" and what a voice and talent! I was totally unaware of him...shame on me and now I'll just have to settle for hearing what he already created and not be able to look forward to new creations from him.

[goforit]

4. Wow....I'll have to get his works.

[shenmue]

5. Rest in peace

:cry: