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For more than a generation, "Like It Is" has been a reliable source of inspiration and information, and its host, Gil Noble, an exemplar of rectitude.
Reports that the esteemed communicator was ailing sent shock waves through the community, the alarm only outpaced by the outpouring of prayers. According to a family member, he suffered a stroke.
"Last week, while I was at Grant's Tomb for a tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, I learned that Harlem's other Gil was in critical condition," said attorney Robert Van Lierop, who worked with Noble as a co-producer of "Like It Is" from 1977-79.
"Gil is very committed to...