Seeger wrote hundreds of songs performed by greats in American Folk Music. Jan. 28, 2014— -- Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger has died at age 94. Seeger’s record label, Appleseed ...

Folk music icon Pete Seeger died on Monday at the age of 94. The well-known singer and activist was born in Manhattan in 1919. Seeger is perhaps best known for tracks such as "If I Had A Hammer," ...

Over the course of nearly 75 years, the singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger used his pen and his voice to champion many causes: civil rights, farmworker and labor rights, and the environment.

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

Ed Norton makes the argument that Sheldon Mopes, from Death to Smoochy is quite similar to his Oscar-nominated character, Pete Seeger, from A Complete Unknown.