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Folk singer Pete Seeger dies

Pete Seeger, left, and Bruce Springsteen perform at the We are One Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Pete Seeger, left, and Bruce Springsteen perform at the We are One Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images)

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Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement and co-wrote some of its most enduring songs such as “If I Had a Hammer,” died on Monday at the age of 94.

Celebrating 90

Pete Seeger performs at a concert marking his 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden in New York.   (Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty Images)

Story time

Pete Seeger tells a story to the audience before he begins playing at a hootenanny at the home of Don and Eunice Mast in Woodstock, Ill.  (Eduardo Contreras / Chicago Tribune)

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