US Folk Singer Pete Seeger, Dies At 94

New York, US  : Peter "Pete " Seeger, an american folk singer & activist, died on Jan. 27,2014 at a New York hospital ,due to natural causes. He was 94.

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Name              : Peter Seeger

Age                 : 94 (May.3,1919 - Jan. 27, 2014)

Family            : Wife
                        Toshi Aline Ohta Seeger (Jul.1,1922 - Jul. 9,2013, her death)
                        Children
                        Peter Ōta Seeger (born in 1944 and died at six months),
                        Daniel (an accomplished photographer and filmmaker),
                        Mika (a potter and muralist) &
                        Tinya (a potter)
                        Grandchildren
                        Tao (a musician),
                        Cassie (an artist),
                        Kitama Cahill-Jackson (a filmmaker),                            
                        Moraya (a graduate student married to the NFL player Chris DeGeare),
                        Penny, & Isabelle
                     

Achievement  :

1. The Eugene V. Debs Award (1979) ;
2. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993);
3. The National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994) ;
4. A Kennedy Center Honor (1994) ;
5. The Harvard Arts Medal (1996) ;
6.  "The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal" (1996) ;
7.  Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996) ;
8. Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album of 1996 for his record "Pete" (1997) ;
9. The Felix Varela Medal, Cuba's highest honor for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism" (1999) ;
10. The Schneider Family Book Award for his children's picture book "The Deaf Musicians." (2007);
11. The Mid-Hudson Civic Center Hall of Fame (2008) ;
12. Grammy Award for best traditional album of 2008 for his record "At 89" (2008) ;
13. A proposal to name the Walkway Over the Hudson in his honor ;
14. The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his commitment to peace and social justice as a musician, songwriter, activist, and environmentalist that spans over sixty years. (2008) ;
15. The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2009) ;
16. Grammy Award for best children's album of 2010 for his record "Tomorrow's Children,Pete Seeger and the Rivertown Kids and Friends" (2010) ;
17. George Peabody Medal (2013) ;
18. "Pete Seeger: The Storm King; Stories, Narratives, Poems." has been nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award for best audio book.

             

     "Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first"

                                                                    —Peter Seeger

Other Opinions Toward Pete Seeger .....

 "He was one of the few people who invoked the First Amendment in front of
the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA). "

—Jim Musselman,founder of Appleseed Recordings 

      ' The song  " May There Always Be Sunshine" by Pete Seeger tells me that it was
                written by a four-year-old boy in Russia. And it's just got four lines
        and it's been translated into a number of languages.'

—Raffi, " Raffi on Broadway"