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Originally Posted by neverending
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/ar...t-94.html?_r=0
Pete Seeger dead at 94. RIP.
This one hits me hard on a personal level, just as the deaths of Forrest Ackerman, Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut did. Not just someone who I thought was a great artist, but someone who had a great effect on my life, who I looked up to as a great human being. I'm sad tonight.
To Seeger, singing wasn't just something he could make money at, but a tool to be used to make the world a better place. This cost him a great deal personally, as he fond himself blacklisted from TV snd radio for having been a member of the Communist Party at one point. He never apologized for his beliefs, or his life, and was convicted of Contempt of Congress for telling the House Un-American Activities Committee this:
He founded several programs and foundations, gave away a lot of his own money, and was still winning Grammys as recently as 2011. He never gave up. Mr. Seeger, you were a great inspiration to me. And now you're gone.
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Well said, Lee. A good man, and a great American. I played Pete's performances of Turn, Turn, Turn and Where Have All the Flowers Gone on my radio show last Friday. Found my voice upset after each one. Of Pete Seeger, these are the worthy role models.