Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger has died at age 94.
Seeger’s record label, Appleseed Recordings, released a statement to ABC News confirming his death.
Born in 1919, Seeger was active as a musician from the 1930s to the present, with his music becoming a part of our culture. Seeger wrote hundreds of songs, performed by many of the greats in American Folk Music.
Seeger — with his a lanky frame, banjo and full white beard — performed with the great minstrel Woody Guthrie in his younger days and marched with Occupy Wall Street protesters in his 90s, leaning on two canes. He wrote or co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer," ''Turn, Turn, Turn," ''Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine." He lent his voice against Hitler and nuclear power. A cheerful warrior, he typically delivered his broadsides with an affable air and his banjo strapped on.
Here he's singing a song written by his sister:
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Thanks for the playlist, by the way; it was good to hear his songs (not that I couldn't conjure them up in my head anyway).
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