Pete Seeger, Folk Legend And Activist, Dies Aged 94
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Written by Huw Baines
Pete Seeger, the legendary folk musician and political activist, has died aged 94.
Seeger, whose work included Turn! Turn! Turn!, If I Had A Hammer, Where Have All the Flowers Gone and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, died at New York Presbyterian Hospital following a short illness, his grandson, Kitama Cahill-Jackson, told the Associated Press.
Throughout his career, Seeger was a powerful voice for change, whether as a campaigner against nuclear arms, or a supporter of Occupy Wall Street, while he helped to popularise We Shall Overcome as a civil rights anthem.
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