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by Andrew Sullivan for The New York Times
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"Pete Seeger,
the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an
American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as
both a vital heritage and a catalyst for social change, died Monday. He
was 94 and lived in Beacon, N.Y." NY Times
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via Reuters
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"“My job,” he said in 2009, “is to show folks there’s a lot of good music
in this world, and if used right it may help to save the planet.”" NY Times
"Through the years, Mr. Seeger remained determinedly optimistic. “The key
to the future of the world,” he said in 1994, “is finding the
optimistic stories and letting them be known.”" NY Times
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by Andrew Sullivan for The New York Times
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