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