"Gil Turner (born Gilbert Strunk; May 6, 1933 \u2013 September 23, 1974) was an American folk singer-songwriter, magazine editor, Shakespearean actor, political activist, and for a time, a lay Baptist preacher. Turner was a prominent figure in the Greenwich Village scene of the early 1960s, where he was master of ceremonies at New York City's leading folk music venue, Gerde's Folk City, as well as co-editor of the protest song magazine Broadside. He also wrote for Sing Out!, the quarterly folk music journal."@en . "Gil Turner (born Gilbert Strunk; May 6, 1933 \u2013 September 23, 1974) was an American folk singer-songwriter, magazine editor, Shakespearean actor, political activist, and for a time, a lay Baptist preacher. Turner was a prominent figure in the Greenwich Village scene of the early 1960s, where he was master of ceremonies at New York City's leading folk music venue, Gerde's Folk City, as well as co-editor of the protest song magazine Broadside. He also wrote for Sing Out!, the quarterly folk music journal. Turner was a founding member of in 1962 with Happy Traum and Bob Cohen. His most notable musical credit, however, was his association with Bob Dylan's \"Blowin' in the Wind\". He was both the first person to perform the song \u2013 at Gerde's on April 16, 1962, the night Dylan completed it \u2013 and with The New World Singers, the first to record it. Turner wrote more than 100 songs. His best known include \"Benny 'Kid' Paret\", a protest song about a boxer who died in the ring, and \"Carry It On\", a Civil Rights anthem recorded by folk artists such as Judy Collins and Joan Baez. The song's title was used as the name of a 1970 documentary starring Baez and her husband at the time, draft resister David Harris. Gil married Lori Singer in 1962 and they have a daughter, Melora Lou NuCeder (n\u00E9e Turner), born in 1965. Gil and Lori divorced in 1967."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "(Bridgeport, Connecticut, US)"@en . . . . . "Gil Turner"@en . . . . . . . "Gil Turner"@en . . . . . "1974-09-23"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gilbert Strunk"@en . . . "(San Francisco, California, US)"@en . . . "1933-05-06"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Singer-songwriter, editor, actor"@en . . . . . "1950"^^ . . "Gilbert Strunk"@en . "Vocals, 5-string banjo, 12-string guitar"@en . . . . "1950"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1974-09-23"^^ . . . . . . . "1114910220"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gil Turner"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1974"^^ . . . . "1933-05-06"^^ . . "30657029"^^ . . . . . . . . . "10986"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .