Folk hero.
Seminal
banjo player from the
Weavers/
Woody Guthrie/
Leadbelly/
Burl Ives circle.
Investigated by the
HUAC in the 1950s. Was one of a tiny handful of folks (including
Arthur Miller) to
buck the system and refuse to answer
McCarthy's questions.
Editors Note:
Pete Seeger died in New York City on January 27, 2014, of natural causes. He was 94 years old.