EDITION: INTERNATIONAL U.S. MÉXICO ARABIC TV: CNNi CNN en Español Set edition preference Sign up Log in Home Video World U.S. Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle East Business World Sport Entertainment Tech Travel iReport SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar1","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/showbiz/pete-seeger-death/index.html","title" : "Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger dies at 94"});Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger dies at 94By Jethro Mullen, CNNJanuary 28, 2014 -- Updated 1354 GMT (2154 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(12);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Folk legend Pete Seeger", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
Legendary folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger died of natural causes on January 27, his grandson told CNN. He was 94. Pictured, Seeger performs on stage in 1970.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger, center, performs with his group, the Weavers, at the Blue Angel nightclub in New York, circa 1948.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Musician Alan Lomax, center, and Seeger sing and play instruments as they practice for a concert in 1959.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger, center, appears as a musical guest on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with Tom Smothers, left, and Dick Smothers in 1967.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}
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Seeger appears with Johnny Cash on "The Johnny Cash Show" in 1970.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger participates in a shoreside festival at the Hudson River in New York in 1978.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger, from left, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman rehearse for a reunion concert of the Weavers in 1980.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger poses for a photograph in Beacon, New York, in 1995.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger participates in a protest march in New York City on the eve of the 2004 Republican National Convention.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}
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Seeger performs with Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, left, and Bruce Springsteen, right, at "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial" in 2009.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger performs during the 2009 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize special outdoor tribute at Hunts Point Riverside Park in New York City in 2009.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}Seeger sings with Occupy Wall Street protesters in October 2011 in New York City.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Folk legend Pete Seeger"}HIDE CAPTIONFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete SeegerFolk legend Pete Seeger<<<
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He was 94.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":2,"pos":3,"title":"People we lost in 2014"}Ruth Robinson Duccini, who played one of the Munchkins in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," died on January 16. She was 95. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":2,"pos":4,"title":"People we lost in 2014"}Former Playboy centerfold Cassandra Lynn Hensley was found dead at a friend's home in Los Angeles, the coroner there said on January 17. Hensley was 34. Her cause of death was not immediately known.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":2,"pos":5,"title":"People we lost in 2014"}Hiroo Onoda, center, salutes after handing over his military sword on Lubang Island in the Philippines in March 1974. 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She was 98.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":2,"pos":15,"title":"People we lost in 2014"}Singer Phil Everly, left -- one half of the groundbreaking, smooth-sounding, record-setting duo the Everly Brothers -- died on January 3, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 74.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":5,"y":2,"pos":16,"title":"People we lost in 2014"}People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014People we lost in 2014HIDE CAPTION<<<
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16>>>Photos: People we lost in 2014His grandson Kitama Cahill Jackson told CNN that the singer died of natural causes at New York Presbyterian Hospital on Monday evening.Familiar with controversyIn a career spanning more than 70 years, Seeger frequently courted controversy."He lived at a time when so many things hadn't been done yet, the idea of making music about something hadn't really been done," Jackson said. "And now people do it all the time."Seeger's opinions didn't always sit well with authorities."From the start, he aspired to use folk music to promote his left-wing political views, and in times of national turmoil that brought him into direct confrontation with the U.S. government, corporate interests, and people who did not share his beliefs," William Ruhlmann wrote in a biography on allmusic.com. "These conflicts shaped his career."Early careerIn 2009, Seeger talked to CNN about the beginnings of his music career in the late 1930s."I come from a family of teachers, and I was looking for a job on a newspaper and not getting one," he said in the interview. "I had an aunt who said, 'Peter, I can get five dollars for you if you come and sing some of your songs in my class.' Five dollars? In 1939, you would have to work all day or two days to make five dollars. It seemed like stealing."But Seeger said he took his aunt up on the offer."Pretty soon I was playing school after school, and I never did work on a newspaper," he said "You don't have to play at nightclubs, you don't have to play on TV, just go from college to college to college, and the kids will sing along with you."Last daysJackson, Seeger's grandson, said the singer-songwriter had heart surgery in December to replace a valve, which had gone well and had nothing to do with his death.He said Seeger was in the hospital for six days before his death.He couldn't speak for the last three days, Jackson said, but his mind never went away and he continued to recognize people."He was a second father to me, he was a friend, he was a best friend," Jackson said. "He was just this wonderful, genuine person."People we've lost in 2014CNN's Julie Cannold contributed to this report.0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/showbiz/pete-seeger-death/index.html","title" : "Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger dies at 94"});
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Larry Speakes, who served as the acting White House press secretary under President Ronald Reagan, died following a lengthy illness at age 74. 'Sister Act' actress Carmen ZapataJanuary 9, 2014 -- Updated 1417 GMT (2217 HKT)
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Alicia Rhett, one of the oldest surviving cast member of the classic film "Gone With the Wind," died in her longtime hometown of Charleston, South Carolina.Singer Phil Everly January 6, 2014 -- Updated 1446 GMT (2246 HKT)
Singer Phil Everly -- one half of the groundbreaking, smooth-sounding, record-setting duo, the Everly Brothers -- has died.
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